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to stop the slides. proved futile.
Sometimes tho nrcseuro NJ, tbo sides
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saw the railroad tracks in the Cut
raised six feet as a result, and this,
too, in the dry season and during a
single night. Colonel Gaillard de
vised a plan to relieve the pressure
in a measure ny |terracing the sides
and this resulted i'm preventing a
large amount of earth from slipping
into the Canal.
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French had already experienced some
dlihcuIty with the famous Cucaracha
sIlde on the east bank of the Cut lust
south Of Gold Hill, and from that
time 1t has been the bette noir of
the engineers. who have tried every
conceivable plan known in engineer
ing, to stop its course. but with lit
tie effect. The Cucaracha slide is
caused by the slipping of the top
aye Of clay and earth on the slop-
Ing surface Of a harder material. and
during seven years it has poured over
three million cubic yards of earth
into the Cut. It broke about nine
teen hundred feet back from the axis
of the Canal and covers over forty
seven acres. Naturally, It Is most
active during the rainy season. but
In January. 1913. it suddenly became
active during the dry season, and car
ricd about two million, five hundred
thousand cubic yards more into the
cut. This occurred during a single
night and steam shovels. cars, etc.
were buried and the tracks were com
pletely blocked for a time. bringing
the total amount of sliding earth from
N''' ga '''0t VI " dbpIl VI IllllilOIl
cubic yards. The C|ucaracha Is per
haps the most formidable of all the
slides owing to it's freakishness in
coming in the dry season. and it has
been extremely difficult to handle.
Another variety of slides which has
given no little trouble is a type known
as breaks" They are due to the
steepness Of the slopes and the great
pressure Of the superintendent ma
terial upon the underlying layers of
softer material. The best example of
a slide of this character is on the west
side of the Cut just north Of Con-
tractors Hill, and 1t covers an area
of about seventy-fve acres. Already
seven million cubic yards of earth
have been removed on account of its
activity, and the engineers declare
that three million more will have to
be taken out before the completion
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The Wonderful Sulphur
Island, GeyserS and Mag
nificent Scenery of This
Scotland Under Differ
ent Skv".
ent Sky

'HF you were TO moose a lane for
sightseeing and at the same time
were in search Of health and had
money and time at you disposal
you could select no more delightful
country than New Zealand. 1t is an
other Yellowstone Park with geysers,
mud-holes and all the phenomena of
tina wonderful region, and just now
1t is attracting attention because the
most remarkable natural sulphur fac
tory in the world has been discovered
there.
New Zealand is a queer and beau
tiful and where water meets the eye
everywhere. Besides being surround
ed by the deepest Of blue seas the
islands are filled with lakes and swift
rivers, rowing and sailing are the
chief pastimes. Never were there
mountain lakes more apt to be ruff
fed by breezes or streams more rap
i'd. Perhaps because boating is such
a favorite occupation this country
controls its own trade and the traf-
fc to Australia and the South Sea
Islands. The climate, too, is delight
full, for It has all the range of lati-
tudes and one passes from orange
groves In the north to fields of oats
and rye In the colder southern parts.
Only Thirty Years Old.
Thirty years ago this colony began.
Now they export gold, sulphur, coal
and wood In large quantities. In fact,
wool growing is the chief aEricul-
tural industry. New Zealand sheep
are noted the world over. Frozen
lamb and mutton are large exports,
and the business is conducted on
scientific principles. SO are the large
cooperative butter factories and the
industry Of collecting the resin Of
the large Kauri pine, Of which the
markets of Europe use large quaint
ties for glue.
All this goes to show that when you
decide TO go to New Zealand you will
not go to a backward, unClvilized land
but to a country where the labor
question has been solved enough to
attract the attention Of social stu
dents n where at least ten large
cities are good limitations of the large
towns of the British Isles.
On this very account it is somewhat
peculiar that the great sulphur fac
tory OF White Island, twenty miles off
the shore, in the Bay of Plenty, has
mot been utilized before. Seen from
fhe shore, It looks quiet enough, but
y white cloud hangs over 1t and can
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hot springs. Within ten miles Of
Roto-rua there are enough hot coli
ored pools, geysors and s~u,puurous
terraces to keep one sightseeing for
weeks. New Zealanders have made
a study of geysers and tell YOU they
have geysers torrihcally large and
trihingly small without number. They
know o to make a quiescent gcysor
boil by applying soap to its cavern
Gus mouth and they also know how
to make artificial seysers, one at least
being made by inserting a lead pipe IN
the ground. This has been done as
a curiosity and with no attempt at
fooling persons into thinking it the
genuine article.
The large gevsers are beautiful as
the huge columns rise, curl back and
fall earthward, The sunlight plays on
the water and steam and makes qui,-
ering rainbows, while the light that
never was on land or sea- seems to
illumine the spouting waters until
they slowly sink in soothing whirl-
pools. Tourists come to Roto-rua i'm
large numbers to batho in the acid
sulphur and alkaline sulphur springs.
Al lll'l 'NNAi4k l'AluIt III tNlllAf' ava
with these springs is that persons
without money are cared for at the
expense of the government. when
one tires of Roto-rua he can drive
to Taupo to see the wonderful lake
or to Waiotapu, where the real in
fernal domain of the mainland be
gins. \ series Of hills surround a
valley which is full of springs and
sulphurous mud. Further On is the
Devils Trumpet with steam rising in
great Jets and geysors are galore,
sending up clouds Of vapor. Some
crupt at stated intervals and others
are SO uncertain that no accurate
computations can he made.
"Thc Gcyscr of sparkling Waters"
Wairakci, the "goysor of sparkling
waters" is probably the most Won
dpTful of those ON the north island.
n cmptics every twelve minutes. and
five of these is spent i'm preparation.
in boiling and soethiug in the cratcr
Just before II showers upward. Al
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of the Canal.
on tho east side Of the Cut there
is another slide OF this type covering
an area Of about fifty acres. Five
million cubic yards have been taken
from it and much more remains to
be removed. 1t breaks back fully
thirteen hundred feet from the CEN
tire of the Canal.
Number of slides.
In all there have been twenty-slx
slides and breaks in the Cut. Seven
teen Of these covered areas varying
from one to sevcnty-fve acres. and
nine covered areas Of less than one
acre each, making in All about two
hundred and Twenty-Five acres. 1t
has been estimated by the engineers
that the total amount of material
which will be removed from the Canal
because Of slides will reach about
twenty-five million cubic yards.
These figures give some idea Of the
task which has confronted Colonel
Gatllard. for while Colonel Cocktails
is the chairman Of the commission
the chief engineer of each Of the
three divisions is the man upon whom
II real responsibility of the work
rests. This is said without the least
disparagement to the ability of
Colonel Goethals, for he himself is
anxious that due credit should be
given his assistants in his gigantic
undertaking.
Even where the Cut has been sunk
through solid rock slides have oc-
CURED as the rock formations of tho
lsthmus are brittle and dissolve to
dust after exposure to the atmos-
phere. At one time an attempt was
mad TO plaster the sides with cement
but this, along with the other plans
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the mainland is commonly called the
hot Lakes District, the ~lagoons are
not always hot, and the queer White
Island Is in many respects a greater
wonder than the mainland. Nature
mas surely emptied her WondcrboN on
Nhlpe Island for having been the
scene Of volcanic activity for SO many
years It's springs, yellow and giving
iorlh precious minerals, arise from
an apparently ineXhaustIhle supply.
ms too. within IA small area. Nat
urally, this island has been for ages
the subject Of Maori tradition and
many interesting legends cluster
around II, The best knowing says that
a chlei's wife dropped a hot coal in
the sea, and from it sprung this in
teresting volcano. the top of which
protrudes today.
Magnificent scenery.
Inc area Of the hot district on the
mainland is about six thousand
square miles, and I'm It are volcanoes
ana many beautiful lakes. -Four of
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The Completion Of This Gigantic Ditch Under Such
Unfavorable Conditions Regarded As a Mar
vel By the Engineering World A
Triumph Of Man Over Nature.

the job. so to speak. almost con-
stantly for the past seven years, TAX
ing only a very limited vacation dur
ing the entire time. Slides and dig
ging rave been SO constantly on his
mind that recently it became neces-
sary for him to leave the Isthmus
and enter the Johns Hopkins Hos
pital at Baltimore for treatment on
account of nervous trouble.
In order to get the correct idea
of the slides and of the vast amount
of digging to be done an intimate
knowledge of Culchra Cut must be
obtained. The length Of the Cut
proper is about nine miles, extending
from Bias Ohispo to Pedro Miguel
the former being at the end of the
Gatun Lake nearest the Pacific ocean.
and the latter where the first lock of
the descent to the Pacific will bc en-
tered by the ships. Tho cut will be
three hundred feet wide at the bot
tom, and the water must be about
forty-hve feet deep to meet the sur
face elevation of e~ighty-hve feet Chat
Of the upper Gatun LOCKE which will
be maintained through Gatun Lake
and the cut to Pedro Miguel. The
Cut has a curve at nearly every mile
and at these curves it is widened
so as to permit ships TO pass easily.
French Machinery small.
The French. with their toy-like ma
chinery, had made a good start when
the American engineers took charge,
but the Americans at once decided
that the task would be hopeless un-
less larger machinery and more la
borers were used. So, the little
French cars and shovcls were put up
IN piles and from time to time sent
to the United States and sold to junk
dealers. They made splendid bal
last for the empty cement boats re-
tMrninE 10 the L-nitnd States- The
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lossal tasks ever confronting a civil
engineer. for slides such as have swept
down the sides Of Culobra Cut are
unique in canal building. only those
who have been ~fortunat enough TO
actually watch the progress Of the
work in Panama can fully annrociate
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Perfect System of Signals.

The r~ailroadinE in the Cut vii, al
stand out as one Of the worlds
greatest marvels Of Transportation.
for a train passes every three minutes
filled with rocks and earth. vet tho
accidents are comparatively few. The
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p HE Culebra Cut will be merely
a case of getting out so much
dirt was the usual remark of
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be noticed some distance at sea. Even
in the brightest weather the cloud
never varies, and White Island is fly
ing it's white vapor flag. In reality
this is steam from hot springs and
Eeysers which boil around the sides
of a lake within the crater, for White
Island is the crater Of a partially sub
merged volcano, one thousand feet of
which are above the sen. The whole
island Is perpctually making sulphur
and because Of its hot springs, soft
sulphur laden ground and curious for
nations, it has long been The mecca
for curiosity seekers, Every steam
jet spouts a certain amount of sui
phur. and there are hot springs con
tanning over ninety per cent, in fact
superior to the springs Of Japan.
A Wonderful Mine.
Commerce has laid hands on this
wonderful island and has started one
of the strangest mining enterprises
ever known. The lake which is filled
with boiling sulphur springs has been
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-26
$4,000 "CATTERY' FOR
MRS. HARMON'S PET CATS

NEW YORK, June ga $4,000
apartment house for cats, with jani-
tor service, hot and cold clam chow
der in every bedroom, catnip bed
on each fire escape and ample fence
room for nocturnal promenading, is
the latest building note to come from
Greenwich, Conn., Mrs Clifford Har-
mon, wife of the wealthy amateur
aviator, and daughter of Commodore
e. C. Benedict, broke ground today
on the Benedict estate outside of the
Connecticut suburb, and before the
summer is past Mrs. Harmons
twenty-eight cats and twenty five
blooded kittens will be enjoying the
dizziest high cat life in America.
Quite modest in contrast with the
900 cattery will be the adjoining
cottage erected to accommodate Mrs
F. Y Mathies, the cat expert, who is
to be employed as permanent chap
erone for Mrs. Harmon's cats.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-26
INDEPENDENTS HEAD
DENIES OIL WAR RUMOR

LONDON. June 26.-Henry Clay
Pierce has broken his silence regard
ing the report that the Waters-Pierce
Oil Company had enlisted the aid of
the London mouse of Rothschild to
fight the Standard Oil Company and
branded the report as "a sheer ma.
licious invention"
IT do not believe the report origi-
mated in New York, but 1 believe it
was started right here in London by
persons to whose interest it would be
to circulate such rumor Just be-
cause it was published in one of the
London newspapers does not make 1t
any more certain as coming from
America. Anyhow, the whole thing
is ridiculous lie"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-26
"TUT, TUT" WILSON'S
SWEAR WORD FOR GOLF

WASHINGTON, June 26.-"Tut,
tut" is the Presidents favorite ex-
pletive, according to Robert Emmett
Taylor, his caddie, at the Washing
ton Country Club.
Young Taylor has been close OBJ
server of his distinguished patron
and says that, while the President
does not really swear, he often gets
"a little bit peeved' when a poor
stroke is made. "He says things to
the golf clubs" explains the caddie,
"but always under his breath"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-26
Court Decides He's Natural Son
of Wealthy Rancher and
He Gets Property.

WOUNDED KNEE, S. D., June %.
An old romance of the reservation,
back in the days of the tolerant from
tier and the open range, has just
come to light. And the son of a
famous 'squaw man" and a beautiful
Indian girl has at last come into his
heritage.
Ben Tibbetts was a Philadelphia
horsecar driver who enlisted when
Lincoln first called for troops, served
through the war, and then went with
General Sheridan to Montana. After
several years service against the
Indians he left the army and drifted
into the Pine Ridge reservation in
South Dakota.
Tibbetts now had considerable
property gained in trade with the
Indians.
half breed daughter of Wah- tela, who
was a full-blooded Sioux, and of &c
CODY the French who was descended
from an old "voyageur."
Alice was Is, and had inherited her
fathers good looks She was living
on Clay Creek with her mother, Wah-
tela, and Wah- tela's latest consort,
Nicolas Janise. representative of the
American Fur Company in the Black
Hills.
Those were days of easy unions.
White men bought and sold squaws,
in Indian fashion.
Tibbetts bought-not Alice, but her
mother. Wah-tela, paying Janise
many head of cattle and horses. And
Alice came with her mother.
For several years the. family kept
together. The three lived, a life
partly Indian and partly civilized.
The Tibbetts brand became known
from Canada to Texas, and he was
the wealthiest "squaw man" on the
Dakota plain. And Alice became the
belle of the reservation.
There was another beautiful half
breed on the reservation, Emily
Janise, who was bright and spoke
English French and Sioux.
Tibbetts married her, forsaking
Wah-tela. And about the same time
Alice. courted by cowboys, soldiers
and officials, married a commissary
department clerk named George
White. and went to live with him in
government quarters.
Then came the tragedy of the beau
tiful half brood girl Five months
after the wedding she gave birth to
a baby boy. Everybody talked. Some
OF his associates twitted White about
it. He loved the girl, but could not
stand the shame of it and deserted
n Ha o~tr
Tibbetts then came forward, got
Alice to go back with her baby to
old Wah-tela, and gave Wah-tela $50
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in cash and 100 head of cattle to care
for them.
Tibbetts would have taken the baby
into his own home, but his wife
Emily hated the boy and threatened
to kill him. Wah-tela hid him sew
eral days in the brush through fear.
Alice died not long afterward
The boy grew up on the reserva-
ton, went to the government school,
married and prospered in a modest
way. His parentage was always in
doubt, though he called himself Will
lam White Tibbetts.
A year ago Tibbetts died. and his
wife Emily followed him. He left an
estate of $4,000 in money and num-
berless cattle and horses still rum
ming on the reservation.
The obvious heir was a half-breed
girl that Tibbetts and Emily had
adopted. But William White lib
belts, son of Alice White, asserted
his claim and a Pennington county
circuit court jury at Rapid City has
just declared him to be the natural
son of Ben Tibbetts "constructively
adopted" by him and co-heir to his
name and estate.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-26

These Cedar Boxes are particularly attractive,
splendidly built of finely grained woods trimmed with
brass or copper round edges; the smaller size 81
inches long, rs inches high, 10 inches wide, selling
$3.50; and the larger size, 81 inches long, 20 inches
wide, "a inches high, selling at $275O; and many sizes
between, all at discount of 10 to 25 per cent.
Two very special propositions are these
Red Cedar Boxes, useful for storing furs, apparel
bed clothing and ever many other things, with that
rich cedar aroma regularly sold at $3.50; may be had
for only $685.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-04-04
An1usenuents
"As You Like It."

Tonight at the Colonial Theatre
will be one of the most elaborate
plays ever attempted by the College
players. And to make this a success
no effort or expense has been spared.
The play is under the direction of
Mrs. Otto Ehlinger of College and Mrs.
March Culmore of Houston Both of
these ladies have won warm places in
the hearts of the lovers of drama in
Bryan, and their appearance in a play
is an assurance of success.
The costumes are rented from one
of the leading theatrical supply houses
of Chicago and are probably the most
elegant ever used here In this matter
OF costuming this show stands out
from home talent plays and surpasses
many professional plays.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-04-04

Though the play is a benefit given
for the college yearbook, the Long
Horn, it is given primarily by the
lovers of Shakespeare and because
they love to play the parts. In the
selection of the cast fitness for the
part was the only consideration, so
the cast as it will apepar tonight rep
resents the choice of the whole COM
munity of College Station.
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artists appearing. Out of these sue
cesses there is generally one that
strikes a note much higher-so much
so that it stands practically alone.
Such one was Madame Sherry" It's
success was immediate and lasting,
as was verified by the hundreds of
thousands who fiocked to see it wher-
ever produced, and few there are who
will not avail themselves of the OPP
portunity to see and hear it again.
Seats on sale Monday morning.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-04-04
MADAME Sherry"

Madame Sherry" the sensational
musical production OF a decade will
be the attraction at the Colonial next
Wednesday night, April 8, this being
one of the cities included in the sec
ond trans-continental tour of this
greatest of all musical plays.
Each year in the theatrical world
there are just so many successful
plays that Immediately grip
the public and cause them to go to
the theatre night after night, and ap-
plaud and enjoy the work of the
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-04-04
ATTENTION, PREsBYTERIANs!

Do you want great revival of re-
ligion? 1t depends on you. 1t does not
depend on the preacher, though the
one who is coming to aid us during
the evangelistic meetings is one Of
the best. But he may preach like Paul
and sing as an archangel, and it will
accomplish nothing unless we are in
earnest. God will bless us just in pro.
portion to our earnestness and readi-
ness to receive. Are we ready? Come
out to the meeting at the church to.
night at o'clock.
j. R. FINLEY, Pastor.
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Weather Conditions.

The two centers of low pressure,
one over Kansas and the other over
Wisconsin, are moving eastward. Much
colder weather prevails over the
Rocky Mountain region. Snow fell in
Colorado and Nebraska yesterday.
Southeast storm warnings were issued
for the Texas and Louisiana coasts
yesterday. Another area Of low pres
sure is moving in over the Northwest.
The weather in this vicinity for to-
night and Saturday will be fair and
colder with frost tonight. Saturday
will be fair and warmer.
JOHN DAILY JR.
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THE WEATHER.

April 4, 1913.
Thermometers in exposed shelter
house at the DAILY Observatory
Highest temperature yesterday. .76
Lowest temperature last night. .... so
Rainfall yesterday, "a inches.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-04-04

Keys! Keys Keys! We have found
your keys. Call at Eagle office and
pay for this notice.
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Forecast.

Tonight-Fair; colder, with frost.
Saturday-Fair and warmer.