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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-09-12
PACIFIC IS LET INTO CANAL
LAST Barrier Removed By Gigantic
Blast Of Dynamife.

OA0Se Va Oyu8m1tes
Panama The last remaining bar
rier at the Pacific end Of the Panama
canal was blown up by dynamite Sum
day morning. At $3.50 o'clock an
electric switch was turned on and hun
dreds Of tons Of mud and stones were
thrown high in the air as the thunder
GUS roar Of the explosion re-echoed in
the nearby hills.
About 20 long tons, equivalent to
A, 800 pounds of 45 per cent dyna-
mite, constituted the blast, which was
one of the largest ever set off in the
canal. The charge, which was
planted in GAL holes at an average
depth Of 80 feet, tore a big gap in the
barrier, but not to sufficient depth
to permit water to flow through, as
the tide was low.
Equally interesting as the explosion
was the actual breaking of the bar
rier, the tide creeping steadily up UNI
til at / :35 o'clock it was level with
the top Of the gap.
A workman seized shovel and
made small trench through which a
rill of water trickled. Gradually it
widened until an hour later raging
torrent, with 35-foot fall, poured
through an opening 400 feet wide into
that part of the canal between Gam
boa dixie and the Mira1ores locks,
which previously had been excavated
by steam shovels.
This cut, which is 5000 feet long,
500 feet wide and Al feet deep below
mean sea level, was entirely filled by
o'clock, when the waters of the Pa
cific laved for the first time the solid
masonry of the Mirafores dam.
The last vestiges of the barrier
will be removed soon, establishing a
practically completed channel at the
Pacific end. The dredge began on
September 2 to remove the last bar
rier of the Atlantic channel. When
this work is accomplished ships may
navigate to the locks from both ends.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-09-12
LAND Is OPEN FOR LOTTERY
Registration for Fort Peck Indian
Reserve Begins.

Glasgow, Mont.-At a minute past
midnight Aug. 81, registration under
the direction Of Judge ]. w. Witten,
of the Interior department, began for
the drawing Of lands in the Fort Peck
Indian reservation in Northwestern
Montana, embracing 1,245, 900 acres
of land. This will mark the last big
land lottery in the United States.
The Fort Peck reservation contains
more than 1000, 900 acres, of which
723, O95 have been allotted to the In
dams.
The drawing will be held at Glas-
gov, beginning September %. It is
estimated that $4,000 land seekers
will file applications.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-09-12
Pasteur Infection Takes.

Tacoma ~ Temporarily paralyzed in
the lower limbs to an extent that pre-
vens him from standing, DR.. Charles
McCreery, well-known physician, is
confined to his bed as result Of acci-
dentally inoculating himself with the
Pasteur emulsion used in treatment OF
rabies. He was preparing q treat
ment for two children several weeks
ago, when he pricked himself with the
needle containing the emulsion.
DR.. McCreery began to be affected q
few DAYS later. He then continued
the Pasteur treatment to offset the
effect of the single injection, which
had disorganized his nervous system.
He is reported now on the roa6to
recovery.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-09-12
zOOO Russians Are Held.

-. efiin-Two thousand male inhab-
-; 'S o1 the district surrounding Ju-
pror; III the Russian trans-C Caucasian
kent :; OF the same name have been
tbav 4 III prison since August 25, where
force lave =. been scantily fed in order to
ties " tlem to deliver to the authori--
cord;r we murderer of policeman, ac-
to tho 70 St. Petersburg dispatch
states LOCAL ~ Anzeiger. The telegram
Der ron .na1 Prince Golovani, the mem
Dunn p,esentlng the district in the
Of IT, mas protested to the minister
NC interior against this cruelty.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-09-12
MEXICO WAKES
TO SITUATION
Thousands Of All Ages Ask for
Military Instruction.
Money Offered By Planters Bank
Clerks and Business Men
Join Militia.

Mexico City.-A wave Of patriot
ism is said to be sweeping over Mex
leo, and from many states and from
all classes, it is announced, assurances
OF allegiance and offers Of service are
being received daily by President HUI
erta and his minister Of war.
Plans are being made for as large q
display as possible of military
strength on September Is, Indepen-
dence Day, when it is proposed to hold
q big parade in which 20, 600 are ex-
pected to march.
The war department has been called
on to furnish military instructors to
dozen cities, where the fear of being
impressed for service against the rev.
olutionists has given away before q
later patriotic ardor. Thousands Of
all ages are asking to be drilled in the
use of arms.
Nor is the aid offered the govern
ment confined to offers to serve in the
ranks. A delegation of planters from
the state of Morelos waited on the
president and rendered a subscription
of 8, 600, 900 pesos.
In addition to the students of the
preparatory schools, where military
instruction has been enforced for some
weeks, the manual Of arms is being
taught workers who are attending
night schools and the employees of the
tax department. The employees Of
several banks are also said to have or
ganized a company and proffered their
services.
The newspapers continue to devote
themselves editorially to the late dip
lomatic exchanges, dwelling on the al
legged sympathy and encouragement
Mexico is receiving from the press of
France, Germany and Great Britain.
Followers Of General Felix Diaz ex-
pect him to return to Mexico City not
later than October A to push his cam
paign for the presidency.
The excitement among American
residents over President Wilson's
warning subsidized to a large degree
over Sunday. A limited number of
persons left on trains 70 Vera Cruz.
The opinion is growing that the warn
ing, so far as regards the large CEN
tiers, will not be generally obeyed.
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fresh devastating outbursts
Of lava may be expected any
moment" So ran the telegraphic ru-
mors In the Roman and the foreign
press shortly after my arrival In
Naples, says a writer in the London
Chronicle.
From the window Of my room. with
its superb view of vesuvius. at the
Hotel de Geneve-the same room that
was wont to find each night thick
strewn with volcanic ash during the
terrific eruption of April. 1906-noth-
ing out Of the normal was to be seen.
Vesuvius was simply indulging In
those light, leisurely whiffs of light
smoke that have become q habit Of
hers In her calmest, LATEST moments.
However, on volcano fifteen miles In
gtrth q good deal may be taking place
invisible from the Naples side. I
would, therefore, go to see for myself,
and hear, too, what account the men
Of science In yonder observatory on
the heights had got to give Of the be-
havior Of the fiery mount wherein
they keep perpetual vigil.
Fine View Of the Crater.
Since the 1906 eruption the crater
bottom which Matteucci then estimat-
ed at from 2,033 feet to 2,275 feet deep,
has been rising fast. Never was 1t
visible to such great advantage as
on the day of my latest visit. Just
after last left, on March IL, 1911. a
mass of the cone 100 feet high crashed
into the crater over an area OF 700
yards, forming declivity that rose
to within two-thirds the height Of its
inner walls.
Then, on January 81, 1912, came q
strong earthquake with loud rum
blings. For a space of twenty minutes
the crater throat was sucking down
thousands of tons Of rock and cinders
till the big central assure was de-
stroyed and the bottom had sunk 100
feet. Since the plunging of the cone
into the crater it's mouth has gone on
widening in diameter till 1t actually
measures from 6S8 to 780 yards across.
Descending to the observatory, /
found absorbed In his mathematical
calculations the venerable Prof. Giu-
scope Mercaln, the world-famed vul-
canologist and expert in seismic sci
ence. He Is priest of the Roman
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-09-12

Washington, D. C.-"Women who
have obtained the franchise are mod
ern Frankensteins, creators of a polit-
ical monster that has turned on the
sex with appalling results. "
Thus the National Association OPP
posed to Woman Suffrage prefaces a
statement containing denunciation
Of woman suffrage by Miss Annie
Book. q California woman, who uses
her own state as an illustration in
support of her assertions. Miss Book
was one Of California's most active
suffragists for more than year, but
now is working against it.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-09-12

suffering severely from this restric-
ton give her still from 1000 to 1900
years Of fairly vigorous activity. The
old age Of a volcano Is very indef-
mite period"
"One more question, professor. Do
You apprehend some momentous de
velopment in the near future?''
Alas, do. Never before, 50 far
back as data aid us, has Yesuvius
slept 30 long and sound a slumber az
that from which she Is now stirring.
Something critical Is going to happen.
Will the giant forces underneath the
main crater fling out In all-powerful
might the enormous masses Of old
solidifled material that now choke the
big chimney Of the crater? Or win
the potent accumulated gases find out
the weakest points on the lower slopes
and there IN dolorous pregnancy give
birth to new fiery outlets? personaL
" incline TO the latter hypothesis.
1T = npt improbable that : fresh
crater may form In the near vicinity
OF this observatory. When was ex-
plofing the crater on May IA. 1917, /
discovered that an enormous rent had
been torn BY earthquake ii the flank Of
veeuyius- That ominous cleft Il ten
feet wide. Starting from the very top
Of the crater. near Cooks upper sta
ton. ii runs the entire length Of the
mountain side from Trio DBL Cavallp
right down to the very seaa total dis
eAnce Of moro than flve milesl That
uglJ rent splits the town Of Tore del
Greco 81 twain There's the dAneoe.s
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-09-12
Horseless City in View.

Chicago There will be no horses in
Chicago so years from now if the an
nual decrease Of 2 per cent in the use
Of animals in the city continues. The
decrease has been computed for the
years between 1907 and 1913, which
show total falling off in horse-drawn
vehicles Of IL per cent for that period,
while the use Of automobiles has In
creased $40 per cent. Figures gath
cred by the Citizens street cleaning
bureau show that 1869 fewer horses
moved through downtown streets
daily IN 1913 than in 1907.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-09-12
France Beset By Storm.

Paris w "A long spell Of dry, hot
weather has abruptly terminated IN 9
series Of cyclonic rain storms through
out France. The storms were espe-
cially violent ia the southwest and
center, the grape vines and tobacco
crops being destroyed il many places.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-09-12
Troops Sent to Border.

Chattanooga, Tenn. - The Eleventh
United States cavalry, at present en-
gagged in maneuvers at Winchester,
Va, has been ordered to proceed to
the Mexican border, according to au-
thentic reports here. It 10 said or
ders also were received directing that
all prisoners be released from the
quardhouse at Fort Oglethorpe, and
directing that they proceed at once to
winchester and join their commands.
The War department revoked an order
for one squadron Of the Eleventh cav
airy to attend . G. A. r. encampment.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-09-12

Catholic church whom the Vatican
has let alone in his new government
post, and he says mass In tiny ora
tory on the volcano. AS director of
the Royal Vesuvian observatory he
has succeeded to the late Professor
Matteucci, whose heroic devotion to
duty throughout the last fearful out
break sent his name ringing through
every civilized land.
'sWell, the fact is," began Professor
Mercaln. as he showed me a well fllled
scrapbook OF recent foreign press cut
tings about Vesuvius, most Of these
reports are inventive or exaggerated.
The tourist season here has for one
reason or another considerably slack
ened OF In late years: but since these
rumors have gone abroad the noun
tain has become unusually alive with
visitors. The smoke tunnels n the
main crater have been active all'along.
Still, their activity Il evidently In
dressing. and there are not wanting
signs that vesuvius IL stirring from
her long slumber Yes. her repose
period Il about ended; but nothing
mementous has happened yet."
Prot. Aleesandra Malladra, to whom
his illuStrious master introduced me,
was Tar more explicit He II q much
younger man, full Of xest and enthusi-
asm Ia his work. Before Mercaln
brought him here as vice-director, Nal
ladra had acquired fame at the geo
physical observatory Of Demodossola
a the greatest living authority on the
geology and seismology Of the sim
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-09-12
Twenty-One Convicts Baptized.

I,eayenworth, Kan. * Twenty-one
z arsas conyicts were baptized at the
state prison Sunday afternoon, IL by
snrinklino and 10 by immersion IN the
Biz tank il the prison Laundry ~
makes "a even 100 converts N the
r ,,,si. according to Warden Botkin.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-09-12

nv YESUVIUS again active; sub
terranean rumblings ana
III earthquakes have occurred;
fresh devastating outbursts
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-08-05
CARRIERS WILL Be CASHIERS
And Every Farmer Can Bank His
Coin at His Own Front
Gate

Washington, Aug Further to
popularize the parcel post system
with the public, Postmaster General
Burleson announces that after Aug.
Is the weight limit on packages
would be placed at twenty pounds
and that a sharp reduction in
charges for the transportation of
packages would be made. The limit
on packages is now eleven pounds,
and he announces that on the same
date the banking by mail feature
would be introduced into the postal
savings system.
The reduction in charge of parcel
the present rate of five cents for the
first pound and one cent for each ad-
ditional pound, to five cents for the
first pound and one cent for each ad
ditional two pounds or fraction
thereof For delivery in the first
zone the rate will be reduced from
five cents for the first and three
cents for each additional pound, to
| five cents and one cent; for the sec
ond zone the rate will be cut from
/ six cents and four cents to five cents
and one cent for each additional
pound.
The change in the postal savings
system will enable wOuldbe depos-
itors living in remote districts to
avail themselves of the benefits of
the system. The reform has been
/ under consideration for some time.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-08-05
MUCH MORE SERVICE
FOR MUCH LESS MONEY
Is, CARRY LARGER
\

over to Jacksonville Saturday and
returned Tuesday.
Mr. John SpurIin OF Lake Weir,
was with US Monday
Mr.. Willie Lee Goodwin, of Fair
field, was seen on our streets Mon
day
Miss Maude FAINT, of Morriston. is
visiting her sister, Miss Mamie FAINT,
for a few days.
Mrs. S. L. Hines and baby, have
gone on a visit to Mrs. Hines moth
er, and left hubby to hustle for No.
for a few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. B. Thomas are
visiting at WillistOn this week.
DR.. Dunn, the Ocala veterinarian,
was in our burg Tuesday to see a
very valuable horse, the property OF
Mr. Joe McAIlister, Of CitTa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe McAllister and
Miss Thelma NcAllister, of Citra
are visiting Mrs. Hall McAllister,
who has been quite SICK.
GIr and Mrs. G. N. Bitch are in
our burg again. We are always glad
TO see them.
Mr. Charlie Beal and family are
moving on the d. H. Irvine place
and VII raise a hay crop and gel
ready for a spring vegetable crop.
Mrs Carrie Pats, of Berlin, and
Miss Beatrice DeHorne of st. Peters
burg, are spending some time with
| DR.. and Mrs. ]. L. Davis.
Our genial, Obliging and very ef
ficient star route mail carrier, Mr.. E
c. Dodd, has been seeing snakes
Ask him.
| Mr.. Joe McAllister lost a fin,
horse, and DR.. Davis lost a fine null
Wednesday. ;
Mrs. J. A. MeIver and Mrs. J. L
Davis were Mcintosh callers Friday
Mr.. D. H. Irvine, of Oak Grove
was in our burg Thursday.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-08-05
ENLIVENED
SOLEMN LONDON SUNDAY
ParOdied the Litany and Raised "a
RuctiOn at st. Paul'S

London, Aug. A party of forty
welI-dressed suffragettes interrupted
the morning service at St. Pau's
Cathedral today by chanting a pray
er in behalf of Mrs. Emmeline Pank-
hurst. Ushers elected the women
from the edifce after a scuff1e.
The disturbance took place dur
ing the singing of the Litany. The
women who had front seats in the
center aisle chanted loudly:
Save Emmeline Pankhurst,
Spare her, spare her.
Give her light and set her free.
Save her, save her.
Hear us while we pray to Thee"
Evidently the chant had been
carefully rehearsed. 1t was in the
same tune which the choir had been
singing. When the women began
their chant ushers rushed toward
them from all parts of the cathedral,
while numerous members of the con-
gregatiOn demonstrated with the dis
turbers, urging them to remember
they were in church. The suffra-
gettes, though, repeated their chant
three or four times, each time in a
louder key. A majority of them
finally were led out by the ushers
but a half-dozent or so clung to their
chairs and fought against ejectment
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-08-05
JOHNS LITTLE JOKE
On His Sister and Niece Cost Him
His Life

Eatonton, Ga, Aug. John Nc
Gibboney, living near Waycross, in
attempting to play a joke upon his
sisters family upon his arrival here
last night was fatally shot by his
thirteen-year-old niece, Lula Gard
ner
Leaving his mother at the depot
he went to the Gardner home, two
miles, for a conveyance for himself,
mother and baggage. Mrs. Gardner,
his sister, and her young daughter,
Lula. were badly frightened when
McGibboney came upon the porch,
knocked and kicked at the door and
refused to give his name
The young girl, thoroughly alarm
ed, mounted a chair, seized her
fathers gun from the rack over the
door and fired both loads through
the door, the whole load entering
McGibboney's- stomach. He dropped
fatally wounded.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-08-05
SURE HE WOULD BE SAVED
Mrs. Hawkins of Georgia Consented
to Her Husbands Murder.
She Now il Sorry

Gainesville, Ga, August D My
husband was religious man. He
was prepared 10 die at any moment
and so l consented to his murder
that l might be happy with my love,
Mrs. Sylvia Hawkins told Sheriff E.
4. Spier after her arrest on the
charge of being accessory before the
fact in the murder OF her husband,
Arthur Hawkins by her lover, Jim
Cantren, according to the testimony
given, by the sheriff in court when
the widow was placed on trial.
Hawkins was sentenced to life i'm
prisonment The jury returned a
verdict of guilty after it had been
out all night.
Jim and Barlow Cantrell were
sentenced to hang Sept. 26.
Motions for new trials were made.
Hawkins was a prosperous planter
near Gainesville and Jim and Bar
tow Cantrell were nearby neighbOrs
and were close friends of the Haw-
kins family. Gradually the friend
ship of Mrs. Hawkins and Jim Can
tren became of a more intimate ma
ture. Soon their affairs were the
talk Of the section and for their own
safety some action became impera
tive. Jim persuaded his brother
Barlow to do the killing, and at &
| trial held some time ago bott
brothers were convicted.
Immediately after her arrest
Sheriff Spier says, Mrs. Hawkins
talked to him freely of her love fol
| Cantrell and of their final decision
| to kill Hawkins so that their future
| happiness might be unobstructed.
AT first | demurred," she declar
! ed, because my husband was ;
good man, and | had no grievance
against him except that he was il
the way of my love for another man
Finally l saw that it was ques
tion Of my husband or Jim, and thel
there was no choice. | consented
| because love gave me no alternative
Arthur had lived long enough an
could go into the next world with
out fear, so it was better that he g
then than later, when his chance
for salvation might not be so good.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-08-05
BRITISH WANT A NEARER BASE
For Their Ships if They Should
Have to Battle With
American Fleets

Washington, Aug. 3.-Keen in
terest has been aroused in official
circles here by a report reaching the
state department that Great Britain
is contemplating a great naval base
in the Bermuda Islands. 1t is stated
authorfatively that the British gov
ernment has made inquiry concern
ing the plans of the United States
for protection of the Panama canal
routes and it has been suggested
that this indicates an intention to
safeguard British shipping through
the isthmus as in the Mediterranean.
Officials realize the problem rails
it may the very life Of the Monroe
doctrine and marking, perhaps, a
complete revolution in foreign naval
policy in the western hemisphere,
for it is expected that if Great Brit
ain changes her naval policy in Am
erican Atlantic waters, other Euro
pean nations probably will follow
suit. While these changes may be
expected in the Atlantic waters and
the West Indies, officials likewise
realize that with the. opening of the
canal the United States must con-
tend with Japan for domination OF
the Pacific.
While Great Britain thus is assert
ing herself, officials here remember
how long Germany has looked with
wistful eyes at the Danish West In
dian island of ST. Thomas, which oc-
cupies a strong strategic position in
relation to the Panama canal. Am
erican naval strategists always have
favored the acquisition by the Unit
ed States OF the Danish possessions
which Germany would have taken
over years ago but for American OBJ.
lection Then there is the Dutch is.
land of Curacao, where the Ger.
mans made themselves very much a
home during the blockade of the
Venezuelan ports by Germany, Eng
land and Italy in 1903. Diplomat:
at the state department, as we'll a:
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-08-05
MAY TRY TO MAKE
BERMUDA ANOTHER NAL IA
CASE DOMINATE


naval strategists, realize that the de-
termination Of future ownership Of
these islands is one of the import
ant questions confronting the Unit
ed States.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-08-05
AUTOS SLAUGHTER
THE INNOCENTS
Cincinnati School Authorities Plan
ming to Save-the Children

Chicago, August 5.-Confronted
with an alarming total of fifteen
children killed at play in the streets
by automobiles last month, a plan
has been launched by the school au-
thorities to teach children in the
schools how to avoid machines.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-08-05
CAN'T PREVENT KITTY
From Casting Ballot as Long as
She Can Work a Pencil
With Her Foot

Chicago, August Miss Kittie
Smith. who is armless, marked her
ballot with her foot when she voted
yesterday at the first election in
haywood, under the new woman
suffrage law. She is the founder of
home for crippled children.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-08-05
ODD FELLOWS

TuluIa Lodge. No. %, Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, meets every
Tuesday evening at o'clock in
Yonge's Hall, Fort King avenue. Wis
itors in the city invited to be with u.s.
G. L. Taylor, n. G..
w L. Colbert, Secretary.-Adv.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-08-05
IRVINE

Irvine, Aug 4-Things are quiet
here now. The crate mill has shut
down for repairs.
Mr.. H. 7. Jernegan of Zuber, was
in our burg Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs L. X. Edwards went
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-08-05

Fresh buttermilk every day at the
PCstoffice Drugstore. 6-24-tf