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s25,OOO,OOO CHILD
ARRIVES in AMERICA
Young Alfred Vanderbilt Will
Become a Citizen of United
States in Two Years.

/ UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. /
( NEW YORK, July 19.-The popula-
1 ton of the United States was increas-
ed by a s25,0,o,000 child, at least the
new arrival will be an added citizen
/ in just two years, two months from
to-day. The prospective citizen is
Alfred Gwynn Vanderbilt, heir with
! his half brother, VIM Henry Wander
bilt, to s50000,000. His mother was
Mrs. Smith Hollins McKim, of Balti.
more Uncle Reggie Vanderbilt met
Alfred Gwynne. Jr., at the pier when
he arrived with his mother and father
! on La Savoie from France Alfred's
ma and pa were severely seasick but
the rough seas didn't bother Alfred a
whit. He was just wee bit whimp-
cry when Uncle Reggie gave him re-
sounding smacks on each round red
cheek. and although he didn't grant
the reporters an interview he was
jquoted as having expressed a great
desire to be rushed to his new $780,
1000 apartment which has been espec.
ially fitted up for him on the eigh-
teenth floor of the magnificent Van
4 derbilt mansion. The nursery was
fitted up at cost of $4,000, accord
+ ing to detailed plans cabled here by
Mrs Vanderbilt who said today that
\ although she will start her boys edu-
cation in Europe she will let him
finish in America. 1t is her desire
that he make his home in America
Among the improvements installed
was private elevator for Baby Van
derbilt at cost of $1,000. From his
nursery window the s25,o00,0o0 baby
can look across the Seventy-first reg
iment armory into the crowded east
side districts but he is too high up
to be bothered by the noise of chill.
dren who fill the streets there
The only thing young Vanderbilt
cannot have, SO far as is known, is
the presidency Of the United States
lsince he was born in Surrey, England
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JOY RIDING ON
THE ASTOR YACHT
Mrs. Buehler and Captain Rob.
erts Were Too Intimate to
Suit Her Husband.

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NEW YORK, July 19.-Spicy stor
les of alleged joy-rides on the famous
Astor yacht Mona on which the late
Colonel John J. Astor and his second
wife, Mrs. Madeline Force Astor
spent their honeymoon are recounted
in suit filed today by Fred G. Bueh-
ler of Park Slope, against Richard
Roberts, captain of the yacht charg-
ing alienation of his wifes affections.
The Buehlers are now separated. At.
torney Benz. G. Ribman. who filed
the suit for Buehler, declares that
Mrs. Buehler admitted having taken
trips with Captain Roberts on the
Mona and on speedy motor boats be-
longing now to Vincent Astor which
were under Roberts charge as can
tain Of the yacht.
The defendant in the suit is mar
ried and lives with his wife and three
children near the Buehlers. The bill
of particulars recites that the last
alleged joy ride on the Noma took
place in July, 1912. Buehler declares
one of the outings consisted of four
day trip. The aggrieved husband
says he had no suspicion Of wrong
doing of his wife until he found let
ter from Captain Roberts to his wife
which fell from the folds of a table
cloth when he set the table for break
fast one morning when Mrs Buehlar
was not feeling well enough to get
breakfast for him. 1t was after that,
declares Buehler, that his wife left
him for the four days. Buehler. in
his complaint to the courts. tells Of
vacation at Newport during the AS
tor cup races. at which he and his
wife were guests of Captain Roberts.
The papers also relate that Buehler
after his wife left him found among
her effects a bank book, numbered
429,551 showing deposits in the Dime
Savings bank and in which was the
entry Richard Roberts in trust for
Sadie Buehler." Buehler declares his
wife never told him of the savings
account.
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CURp.fCY BILLS
kN0TTY PROBLEM
Federal Money Based on Warehouse
Receipts Of Cotton, Wheat,
Corn and Other
Products,
N. Y. STOCK EXCHANGE
Blow Planned at This Institution VIII
Also Cause Further Dis
putes In the
Council.
/ N. Y. STOCK EXCHANGE

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WASHINGTON, July 19-Federal
currency based on warehouse receipts
for cotton, wheat, corn and other pro-
ducts is the new banking policy upon
which democrats Of the house banking
committee were deadlocked today
They called off their usual meeting to
think 1t all over until Monday when
the lSnotty problem will come up anew.
More disputation in the democratic
icurrency council was considered Ger.
tain over a plan to bar loans upon Sc.
curities listed on stock exchanges un
less such money marts are incorpor.
ated. This is a blow planned at the
New York stock exchange.
Representative Ragsdale, OF South
Carolina, is sponsor for the plan tc
write into the administration cur
rency bill clause to permit issuance
of federal currency notes upon cottoI
warehouse receipts. Involved is 8
scheme for federal inspection anc
grading of cotton, to insure values ol
the warehouse receipts. Other mem
bers believe If cotton Is to be made
|security for currency issuance, wheat
and other commodities should be Civ
1 en- similar privileges.
Conservative. democrats on th,
banking committee declared toda.
THAT chances for adoption Of the Rags
.1da1e amendment are slim. They hop
Ito confine issuance of currency strict
lily to commercial securities.
1 The amendment proposing enforce,
incorporation Of stock exchanges Il
La part of the program Of four SO call
ed insurgents" among the demo
crat committeeman who are fighting
for incorporation in the currency bill
of reforms proposed by the Pujo mon
ey trust committee. Representative
Wingo of Arkansas, Is holding dali,
conferences with Representative
Henry, of Texas, in furtherance O
these amendments Among them no
finally passed upon by the committee
Il
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crushed to Death.

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CANANDArGUA, N. Y, July 49,
One man was instantly killed and
twenty-five persons seriously injured
In a collision between two cars or
the Rochester and Eastern railroad
near here tonight. The cars were
crowded with excursionists Edward
S. Ward, a business man, of Roches
ter, riding in the forward part OF
one of the cars was crushed to death
The injured were brought to local
hospitals.
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Made His Royal Blood Boil
and He Gave Back a
whitening Retort.

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CHICAGO. July 19.-Jean Armand
de Chappelle de Juhumilhac, duke Of
ficheliu, duke OF Fronsac and Mar
qnis de Juhumilhac. in Chicago to get
Impressions for book will paint an
interesting word picture of certain
conductor on the elevated railway.
The duke whirled about Chicago in
taxicab today, notebook in hand
gathering impressions Some one sug.
sested that he sec the stock yards. so
ne boarded the elevated At Indiana
avenue where stock yards visitors
transfer to another train, the duke left
tne car and stood for moment be
wiidered, patting the crease in his
checked trousers with a little wisr
of a cane.
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Half of the Firemen of Seattle
Are Pressed Into Service as
Policemen to Help
Keep Peace.
BUILDINGS DEMOLISHED
Mayor Tried to Suppress News
paper But Edition Was
Out on the Street
Later on.

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SEATTLE, Wash. July 19.-With
half of the city firemen sworn In as
special officers and a provost guard
aiding the regular police force in sup
pressing violence, Mayor Geo. F. Cot
terill tonight is doing his best to pre-
vent repetition of last nigsts riots
lists headquarters a socialist hall and
two Industrial Workers of the World
halls were wrecked and the furniture
thrown into the street and burned. No
serious disturbance occurred today
but several fist fights were reported
and at one time rio. threatened at
Fourth avenue and Pike street. A So
cialist speaker attempted to make a
speech against the action Of the sol
diers and sailors in last nights riot.
He was knocked down and his heau
bumped on the side walk until he be.
came unconscious Friends carried
him away. No arrests were made
Under the special police powers given
him in time of riot, Mayor Cotterill
took personal charge Of the police de
partment, issuing proclamation put
lting the city under riot law. He a
once closed all saloons for the balance
of the day and ordered the police tt
suppress the Saturday and Sunda!
editions of the Seattle Times. whicl
he charged published an article which
caused last nights rioting This was
thwarted in both orders through TEN
porary injunctions issued by Judge
Humphries of the superior court, made
returnable next Wednesday, three
days after the fleet leaves the harbor
| The part of the charter under which
the mayor undertook to suppress the
| Times is under section two, article
| five, which reads as follows: "In case
of riots, tumult and violent disturb
ances Of public order the mayor shall
have an exigency or his Judgment ma.
require the right to assume control 10,
the time being of the police force, bu
before assuming control he shall issue
proclamation to that effect and i
shall be the duty of the chief of police
to execute orders promulgated by hin
for the suppression OF such tumul
and restoration of order
The mayor held that the Times II
printing an alleged distorted accounf
of Secretary of the Navy Daniels
speech before the Rainier club Thurs
dow pioht had melted a riot He
heard the secretary's speech himself
and after comforting with the secrc
ltary and Governor Ernest Lister, who
was in Seattle to help entertain tht
distinguished guest, Cotterill decided
to take action to prevent the furthel
publication OF inflammatory articles.
| The Times, in it's morning edition
which was held up until after O'CLOCK
| this afternoon before the injunction
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INDIANAPOLIS
HAD BIG BLAZE
Every Bit Of Fire Apparatus in the
City Was Used in
the Flight.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, July 10. Fire
did s250,000 damage here tonight ani
threatened to sestroy an entire block
of business houses In South Illinois
street near the union station. TIL;
Liman Corey hardware plant. this
Hamilton and Harris Tobacco Co.
and the Atlas Paper Co. are the prin
cipal losers.
Every piece of fire apparatus In the
city was used to battle the flames
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Continued on page 81
The Embarrassment
of Ignorance

A group of women were sit
ting on hotel porch discussing
camesoles.
II have one of chiffon-cloth,
said one woman.
mine is point d'esprit, l
think it is SO much daintier,"
said another.
Mine has the cutest little
rosebuds on it, said third.
And so the stream of comments
ran on.
Finally a new voice joined in
with the question. What are
you talking about? What is
camesole?"
Every face was turned toward
the questioner. The gentle
stream changed to torrent of
inquiries.
Don't you know? Where
have you been? Where are
your eyes? Haven't you read
the papers? etc,
There is nothing SO embar-
RAISING to a woman as finding
herself ignorant of some new
thing that her friends are not
only discussing but wearing.
If this woman had read the ad-
vertisements of the good news
papers regularly she could
never have overlooked the ex.
istence Of camesoles.
Do you know what camesoles
are? If you don't you may find
yourself in her position at any
moment Better begin now to
read the advertising columns
regularly so that you won't be
caught in similar predica-
ment on that or any other sub
ject of apparel.
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Lane ON 4 Trip.

WASHINGTON, July 19.-Declaring
that he was going out to look over a
part of his job Secretary of the In
terror Lane announced this afternoon
that he would leave Sunday for a
tour of Wyoming and Montana and
that it may be extended generally
through the west. According to his
present schedule he will be gone
over month.
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Happy awakening.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 19.-Arous
ed from nap to be told that he
would not have to die July 25 in the
electric chair, Harry Brown Of To
ledo, slayer of white woman, grin
ned at Warden Thomas.
"Why much obliged, warden.
sholy am much Obliged" he drawled
then turned over and went back &c
sleep
Governor Cox commuted his sen
tence to life Imprisonment
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PATH Of HORROR LEFT
BY BALKAN SOLDIERS
victims were gouged out, their ears
and noses cut of and women and girls
brutally treated, the Greeks declared.
Ono Battle Fought.

BUCHAREST, July 1s.-The ad.
vance Of all divisions OF the Rouman-
ian army towards Sofia continued to-
day and one detachment met the
first opposition that has been shown
by Bulgarians. After short fight,
however. an entire brigade OF the Bul
garian ninth division surrendered
Twelve field guns were taken by the
Roumanian troops and the command
ing Bulgarian officer was made a
prisoner with his men. This engage
ment occurred between Lom Palanka
and Sofia.
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Bulgarians and Greeks Both
Charged With Most Brutal
Atrocities During
Present War.
SIXTY TOWNS BURNED
Czar Ferdinand Denies That
His Men Have Had Any
Hand in the Reported
Outrages.

UnlLeQ fIS6bl I6dSSu WITS SGrVlCS.J
CONSTANTINoPLE, July 19.-Re-
treating before the advance OF Turk
isl troops, the Bulgarians have evacu-
ated the Tiehoplu district, according
to q dispatch reaching here today,
leaving desolation In their wake.
sixty villages have been burned.
mosques were plundered and the In
habitants of the town ynfortunate
enough to be in the path Of the flee
Ing troops we're robbed and slain. Ac-
cording to the Turkish commanders
the villages which they entered after
the retreating Bulgars had fed, pre-
sented horrible sights. Every avail
able bit of food and supplies OF every
kind had been carried away by the
retreating army which was badly in
need Of rations. Inhabitants were
slain and after everything OF value
had been collected by looting soldiers
the towns were fired. Scores perish
ed In the flames, and the Bnlgarians
mutilated the dead and injured.
In spite of protests from the pow.
ers, it was believed tonight that
every Turkish army officer would
urge pressing on to Adrianople. II
was to avoid the surrender Of the
Holy City that Turkey held out SO
long in the recent war with the Balk-
an allies and then gave in only when
the Bugarians stormed the defenses
of the town.
Burn all Villages.
SOFIA, July 19--Gharges that the
Greeks are burning and looting as
they advance towards Struma were
made by the war Office here tonight.
The Greek cavalry is now moving on
Struma, it was declared. All villages
along the route are being burned, and
the inhabitants driven terror strick.
en- before the advancing army.
Denies the Atrocities.
LONDON, July 10. In message to
the London bureau Of the United
Press, Czar Ferdinand of Bulgaria
through the royal council, tonight
branded as lying calumnies" the
atrocities charged by the Greeks
against the Bulgarian soldiers. The
message from Premier Radestavof1
follows:
The royal council on behalf of his
majesty hopes that the United Press
will aid in refuting the dastardly ly
Ing calumnies invented by the Greeks
for the purpose of justifying their
atrocities under the name of reprisals
"RADESTAvOFF.
The charges OF the Greeks included
the massacre of 10000 at Doiran, and
the slaughter of hundreds of Others
at various points. The victims were
horribly mutilated, according to re
ports made from various sources O
apparent reliability. The eyes O
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subscribers Of The Daily Gate City,
are Served the full Leased Wire serv-
Ice of the United Press Association.
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flowers OF dazzling -colors are In pro-
fusion. The canal zone, where occu-
pied in the canal operations, long since
was freed Of dangerous animal life.
Distinct but inconsequential earth
quake shocks have been felt In Pana-
ma for centuries. The San Francisco
earthquake In 1905 was not recorded
on the canal zone seismograph. In the
seventeenth century violent shock oc-
Cured. but none in the eighteenth and
nineteenth centuries. nor has any been
recorded In the twentieth century, al
though In Costa Rica: the republic ad-
Joining Panama, severe shock In
1910 caused a considerable loss Of life
and property. So far as past perform
ances can indicate, the canal should
not suffer from earthquakes.
The Atlantic and Pacific oceans are
on the same level. but the tide on the
Pacific side has maximum lift OF
twenty-one feet, while on the Atlantic
side the maximum lift is only two and
one-half feet Allowance for this va
ration was made by providing deep
er channel for the canal on the Pacific
side, so that the passage OF ships Will
not be affected by the tides. The shape
of the bay Of Panama causes the high
tide on the Pacific side. ." .'.'.
As there is not favorable geographi-
cal arrangement at either end Of the
canal in the way Of harbors the de-
fects have been supplied by breakwa-
tiers. At the Atlantic entrance break
water more than two miles long runs
from Toro point to shield ships lying
in the entrance from the violent north.
ers that occasionally sweep the coast
Another breakwater a half mile long
running out from the Colon water front
will protect shipping In that harbor
from storms on the east At the Pa
cific entrance storms are not danger
GUS. but the currents deposited silt In
the channel in such quantities as to
make breakwater advisable, and this
one runs from the mainland to Naos
lSlauu, LuTee lilies ouL LII IhC DhJs o->>
connects with the Notifications. 1t
was built from material excavated In
the Culebra cut, whereas the Atlantic
breakwaters were built largely of rock
quarried at Porto Bello.
Panama and Colon are cities OF great
interest to the tourist. The former has
about $4,000 population and the latter
10000 Panama is the capital OF the
republic and has handsome national
theater and institute. street car sys-
tenn, and a number Of old cathedrals
are interesting sights. The canal EN-.
ployees travel for half fare on the
railroad and are often in evidence In
the quaint little victoria carriages that
handle the street traffic at 10 cents a
ride in the two cities.
what this nation will insist upon Is
that results be achieved" wrote Prest-
dent Roosevelt in his order creating
the first isthmian canal commission
that he appointed. on March 8. 1904,
and that remained the keynote OF his
attitude toward the canal. he an
nounced its full personnel as follows:
Admiral John G. Walker. q. 8. N,
chairman; Major General George w.
Davis. u, s. A.; William Barclay Par.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-09-26
CHAPTER VII.
The Canal Under Wallace.

The Canal Under Wallace.
ANXIETY to dig dirt. the usual
IN American desire to get things
done right off. was the domi-
mating idea in 1904. So, while
Mr.. Wallace kept up the surveying
which would aid In determining the
center line of the canal as we'll az the
choice Of a type, he also pushed exca-
walton operations in the Culebra cut,
rehabilitating old French excavators
and increasing the working force.
He had found 746 men at work with
hand tools In the Culebra cut. His
first inspection convinced him that the
French machinery should be abandon
ed as fast as modern American equip
ment could be secured. and he express
ed the opinion that two years would
be required for preparations.
1t required stout hearts not to quail
before the isthmus Of 1904. Not only
the traditional unhealthfulness, but the
wretched condition Of the railroad aft
er fifty years of noncompetton. the
long distance from the base of sup
plies. the miserable living accommoda-
tions In Colon and Panama. where
there were no sewers. no water and
unpaved streets. into which were
thrown all refuse and garbage, and the
vexatious red tape that surrounded all
government enterprises. made a situa-
ton that weaklings no sooner touched
than they returned precipitately to the
United States.
To take care Of the increasing num-
ber of workers that every ship was
bringing to the canal zone was the
most pressing problem. The interest
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zone Is only 81 degrees. At night the
atmosphere falls sharply until. usual
ly. light covering is required on beds,
and the hot. sweltering nights Of Amer
lean cities In the summer are unknown.
The northern mind. too, considerably
has overestimated the effects Of the
rainy season at Panama. During
January. February. March and April
there Is practically no rainfall. BY
the, 1st Of May light showers occur
daily or every few days and through
June. with an occasional gusher.
From then on to December the rains
become more frequent and heavier and
have a way Of coming up about the
same time every day. sometimes In
the afternoons. sometimes In the morn
ings. Construction operations have to
be suspended during the violent rains.
On the Atlantic side the rainfall av-
erages between 100 and 140 inches an
nually. on the Pacific side from go to
20 inches, At times 1t rains so furi-
ously that it appears to be one continu-
GUS sheet Of water falling. For one
hour the record fall is 5.S6 inches; for
one day, ut Porto Bello. 1905 inches;
in three minutes 2.46 inches fell at
the same place. and at Panama on
May Il. 1912. inches fell In two
hours. The years 1905 and 1909 were
the wettest since the American occu-
patton and 1912 the driest.
The heavy precipitation makes the
rivers Of Panama torrential streams.
The Chagres river has risen twenty.
Eve feet in twenty-four hours. During
every season the records left by the
French and kept by the Americans
since their occupation show that this
river discharges enough water to fll
the proposed Gatun lake one and one
half times. 1t is not expected that any
lack of water for the lock type canal
ever will be experienced.
Except for the beaten paths and
cleared spaces constantly maintained
the jungle Is king in Panama. One
seasons growth will cover an aban-
doned clearing with the luxur1ant
tropical vegetation. When the Amert-
cans entered the canal zone most OF
the French machinery and even whole
towns were covered by the jungle.
There are the usual tropical fruits,
bananas, cocoanuts. alligator pears,
papayas. mangoes and other less well
known varieties. The vegetation In
cludes the royal poinciana, palm and
other stately trees. The rare orchid
Is at home on the isthmus, about sew
enty-flve varieties being found, dozen
Of which are of the most beautiful
kinds. A dry season Of four months
does not parch the growth. but the
rainy season gives it the most brilliant
green coloring.
None Of the big animal life Of Africa
h found anywhere in South America,
and Panama has even less dangerous
species than the mainland The ia
rantula. coral snake. tiger cats. deer
and other larger though not so dan
gerous animals are found. and alliga-
tors abound in the rivers and bays as
we'll as sharks. The insect life Is won
derfully varied, the birds are in infinite
variety and most beautiful, while wild
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A Dynamite Explosion In culebra Cut.
sometimes conditions In the canal zone
were pictured a little roster than the
facts warranted.
AS secretary Of war William Howard
Taft had the immediate direction OF
Panama canal affairs. Every time he
touched the project he manifested the
high order Of ability that made him so
admirably equipped for the presidency
later On.
Almost coincidental with the begin
ming Of American operations Panama
began to feel how absolutely sovereign
1t had made the Americans right in the
heart Of the republic. The canal zone
was being managed with complete In
dependence from the republic. as much
% as the republic of Costa Rica to the
north.
Governor Davis had corresponded at
length with the officials Of Panama