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be ninety-seven feet wlne. or SIX ana
one-half feet on each side of the ship
in the locks. The ,Imperator at the
Hamburg American line is a6 feet wide
and 919 feet long, SO that it appears
that the locks may become too narrow
before they become too short. The cost
OF the locks was increased $5.OOO.G0O
by the change in plans.
A third vital change in the original
plans came on Oct %. 1908. when the
president authorized the widening Of
the Culebra cut for five miles from
200 feet to 300 feet at the bottom. This
would enable ships to pass going in
opposite directions anywhere in the
cut and increased the cost OF this part
of the canal by $l4.OOO.OOO. Since these
three important changes there have
been no substantial changes in the ca
nal plans except the decrease in the
proposed height Of the huge t,atun
dam. Additional excavation to the OK
tent OF 7O.871.594 cubic yards was ne
cessitated by the new plans over the
estimate of :O2 715. .OOO yards made in
1906. or total Of IL, ,66i.594 yards for
the completed canal. But slides that
later developed and further changes in
the plans since 1908 have added A.
100000 yards to that total. bringing it
UP to 221 100000 yards. Thus Colonel
Goethais has had to dig more than
twice as much dirt as Mr. Stevens OK
pected to take ont and has done it In
less time than was estimated for the
original yardage.
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sit back and watch the signals on the
main line of canal construction. as in
dicated by his predecessors. The decks,
indeed. had been cleared for action and
the blueprints nicely finished and tied
with ribbon. but the real struggle was
just beginning.
The first annual report of the COM
mission. to be written as of June 30.
the end of the governments fiscal year.
was issued by Colonel ioethals in 1907.
three months after Mr.. Stevens resign
ed. The president had asked Colonel
Goethals to report on the contract plaE
after an Inspection OF the canal and
this mastery argument against turn
ing 1t over to private contractors Is the
reports most notable feature. aside
from Its unusual conprehensiveness.
Taking Il survey of the conditions
when he took charge, Colonel Goethals
found that 50 per cent of the plant for
finishing the canal was on the ground
or ordered. The preliminary work fOs
relocating the Panama railroad had
been done. and actual construction os
the new line was begun IN June. 1907.
shortly after his arrival. Excavations
In the lock sites were uncompleted. and
1t was two years later. In 1909. before
any concrete was laid In April. the
months he arrived. nearly 100000 yards
we're removed from the Culebra cut.
the hest months work to that date
Dredging in the Atlantic aud Pacific
steadily. though not extensively. Less
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tnan 5000, 900 yards had been removed
from the Culebra cut by both Wallace
and Stevens.
The fall Of 1907 and the month Of
October presented new problem In
the canal construction which ever since
has been one OF the most formidable
and uncertain factors in the project
A slide began at Cucaracha on the east
side Of the cut near the town Of Cule-
bra and suddenly filed the cut, closing
it for transportation. In 1884 tho
French had noted this earth move
ment. .and during Colonel Goethals'
first years on the canal It involved an
area Of forty-seven acres. Before dirt
trains could move through the cut
steam shovels had to work night and
day. for several weeks. and from that
time onward the slides have been the
bugbear of the organization. not be-
cause they were insuperable, but from
the extra work they involved and tho
possibility that they might delay the
completion Of the project.
Right then 1t was realized that the
canal involved more excavation than
the minority Of the board Of advisory
engineers had estimated. Several i'm
portant changes in the plans for the
canal came within the tirst eighteen
months of the Goethals administra-
tloll to make the job far more stii-
pendous than contemplated in the
plans of 10Of. Colonel Gdetl,als recon-
mended and President Roosevelt ap-
proved on Dec. 20, 1907, change in
the location OF two Of the Pacific locks.
The revised plans changed two locks
from In Boca. on the Pacific co;lst. to
Miraflores, about seven miles inland.
which not only would make them safe
from bombardment. hut was more
practicable engineering plan. a mile
and half farther inland were the Pc
dro Miguel locks, which would raise
ships the final height to the great On.
tun lake at Its Pacific terminal. and he
tween the Pedro Miguel and Nlirafi0res
locks wis a small artificial lake From
Mirnfiores to the Pacific sea level
| channel 800 feet wide was to be dug.
+. Another change in the plans was ap
1 proved by the president on rec0mncn
dations by the navy board on Jam u
i 1905. The locks were ordered enIarged
from g5 by 600 feet to Ito feet by t.00(
/ feet, ,lsahle dimensions. 10 meet tn
o,.+sn;p, ~ f,.oron Ssn IN thu xixn ~ cfyln
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1912, bill for the permanent govern
ment and operation of the canal.
Colonel Goethals' ideas were followed
almost to the letter In drawing this
hill. The president Is authorized as
soon as the canal is sufficiently near
completion to abolish the present COM
mission and to appoint governor for
4 term Of four years at salary of S1O.-
600 per annum. In time OF war the
president may substitute an army Of
ficer for this governor. Salaries and
wages are not ta he more than 20 per
cent greater than In the United States.
and many Of the perquisites now en-
joyed by the employees are to be elimi-
mated. The canal zone will be open to
ouly such persons as the governor may
admit, American coastwise ships are
exempted from paying tolls for pas
sage. foreign built ships owned by
Americans may register under the
American nag. ships owned BY rail-
roads cannot pass through the canal.
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the Interstate commerce commission -
given power to determine questions OF
competition. and the present judiciary
system is continued with right of APP
peal to the fe.]erai courts IN the United
States. In addition, the. government
may sell ships supplies and coal and
provide facilities for repairing vessels
at the canal terminals
At the close Of the fiscal year ended
June 30, 1913. Colonel Goethals could
look forward to one year more Of the
aryluous tabor und heavy responsibility
he has borne before the big job would
be III the clear. Invoicing conditions
at that date. we tind that the great
(satun dam was completed; the con-
crete work In the locks and spillway
was about 90 per cent completed: the
culebra cut was approximately 06 per
cent cOmpleted; the relocated Panama
railruad was finished. and the work OF
establishing permanent shipping facil-
tiles ut Balboa and Cristobai was nn-
der way.
s O"s - :. -. =, ,,, po.
cific division a new estimate Of the to-
tai excavation for the completed canal
and accessory plant became necessary
mt the beginning OF the last complete
year 0f canal construction. Jan. !. 9l2.
~ l'''e, ~ - .......,, i. o,o no
...o ns 80. ..,s.,. - which .,nnt o02-
.s'o suu's .a.a-. . ....s $3.50. ra,noroa
so'.O 49, :, Y.,,r so,a ,sav,nc ~ ba
80 =. -. ..,..,,,,.t.,a canal *.
sS .,.,s :. Is 60 s...,o ,.-d. ,rh. c.nol orrani.
'-s, = -1..s. s-s a.,,,,,,. .h., rncomnieted
s...s.,ar a... ,.as,,-, nv. Ara, .hin Il sched
-, -. 80, :, ,,a.. thro,,.,h tha cnuai In &c.
..,,,... ,s1a h,,t ~ the amount left
,,,..,,.. .bon eo0o Mn vards nre to be ex.
..votsd o,,tsi,ie 81 the canal proper or
Il tl,e .itps for the conling station.
drvdocka nnd terminal ut Balloon. so
that the actual canal channel substan-
tiaIiv win he finished before the pas
aare- Of the fIrst ship.
During the early part OF 1918 the
IGntnn lake was stationary at about
efty feet. but with the beginning OF
the rainy season In May II began to
rise and will be allowed to rise to
eighty feet and this would back the
water up by October. 1913. 70 depth
througl. the Culebra cut 70 permit tue
passage Of some kind OF snip. me
ultimate level OF the lake VIII 20
| eighty five feet
Colonies Goetnais ls lhdeeu = kfea.
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Basing his figures on the revised
plans, Colonel Goethals in 1908 issued
the following estimate Of the cost OF
the Panama canal:
ATLANTIC DIvISION-SEvEN MILES.
Dreakwater in Limon bay. A1. .4320on
From Caribbean sea channel to
Gatun locks ....................... n,136.UD
Gatun locks. three twin locks. 2.S2 S24.000
Gatun dam ......................... 13572.OO0
--
sGS564.0Oo
CENTRAL DIVISION -- THIRTY-TwO
MILES.
Channel from Gatun locks to
Bas Obispo ....................... V.9H.O00
Culebra cut. nine miles. Bas
Obispo to Pedro Miguel lock-. sO.4S1. 900
sss. 4ss.ooo
PACIFIC DIv1eION-EIGHT MILES.
Pedro Miguel lock................ $12ss3 900
Pedro Miguel dam.................. 51.000
Miraflores LOCKS ................... 19, 715.00O
Miraflores dam ................-.... 2.156.OO0
Channel. Pedro Miguel to Pa
cifc ........................... lS,IIO.UO
81. .sss. 900
New Panama railroad. ............ 1916. 900
Land damages ..................... SUO.WU
GENERAL ITEMS.
Municipal improvements ....... $l2,114.000
Buildings 1861 900
General expenses. salaries. sub
sistence, etc. ...................... q. 3.7so.ooo
Loans to Panama railroad. $780,. 900
CONTINGENCIES ......... 20. 600 900
Lighthouses, ships, wharves. 200
Double tracking land and stock
purchases ......................... Ls0VVOV
$40 900
Grand total cost OF construction. 1921. .766 900
ALL OTHER ITEMS.
Sanitation 80, ,O53, ,O0o
Civil administration ....... 7.3S2, ,000
Paid for French property 10000, ,00e
Paid for canal zone. 10 1000, ,00l
81 49,, ,0of
Total cost for completed canal. .$sb. .2ol .oot
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fro N Continued

The events OF fortune are unexpect.
"a and therefore can never be guarded
against by men. "A xi0nicus
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CHAPTER x.
oosthals a Great Administrator.

G0eSuaIt OTedS NuFststtss1dsVs
~ EGINNING July I. 1908. Colo
N mel Goethals initiated changes
In the organization. which was
to be the final one for the ca
nal. The department Of engineering
ind construction was divided into
three grand divisions. to be known as
the Atlaptic. central and Pacific. n
the central division the main excava-
Ion Of the canal has been made. as the
mountain chain had to be pierced with
cut, the bottom of which would be
only forty feet above sea level. neces-
stating digging down from the high
est Doint on the surface. depth Of
Smyrna times., 1913-01-01

business men OF his acquaintance in
cluding officials of the Chamber of
Commerce. Mr.. Truitt has travelled
extensively throughout the country
and when asked regarding the best
sections he has seen, he said: "There
is no better part of the country than
the Delaware and Maryland PENN
sula. That country between the two
bays is unexcelled for agriculture and
horticulture. English walnuts, which
are very profitable, can be grown just
as we'll on the Peninsula as in Cali
fornia. Publicity is what the Penin-
sula needs to bring farmers from less
favored parts of the country. The
more travel the more am con-
vinced there is not better farming
district than the State of Delaware. -
Smyrna times., 1913-01-01
WON THE JURY.
A Couple of Shrewd Queries and the
Railroad Lost Its Case.

A Couple of Shrewd Queries and the
Railroad Lost Its Case.
A number of years ago Benjamin F.
Butler was a guest Of friends in Brook
lyn. During his visit he noted the rule
of the street railway companies com
pelling conductors to register fares as
soon as passengers entered the cars
and before the fares were actually col
lected. Two or three years afterward
he represented the plaintiff in damage
suit for $4,000 in which a Brooklyn
street railway company was the de-
fendant. The principal witness for
the company was the conductor of the
car on which the accident occurred,
and his testimony was so strong as to
make things look bad for Buffers eli
ent. But Butler recalled the unusual
rule he had remarked years before, and
on cross examination he said:
'Your company requires you to ring
up fares as soon as passengers enter
the car, doesn't it?"
"Yes."
Suppose a passenger boards your
car and then finds he is on the wrong
tine. Do you state that fact to your
superiors, and do they make allowance
on your returns for that fare?'
"NO. | lose the nickel"
'Do you mean to say the company
won't take your word for 5 cents?"
mo, they won't"
"Yet," said the shrewd veteran, turn
ing to the jury. 1.-THE company asks you
to take this conductors word for $15,-
0OO."
Buffers client received a verdict
Brooklyn Eagle.
Smyrna times., 1913-01-01
A VERY ANCIENT TUNE.
II Is Also Probably the Most Popular
One In the World.

Perhaps the most firmly established
popular song in the world is the air IA
miliar to Americans as I'VE Won't Go
Home Till Morning. The origin of the
tune is obscure, but Louis ElsOn be-
lieves that the music was composed
as love song in the tenth century or
earlier by one of the troubadOurs, the
wandering minstrels of southern
France. Chateaubriand. the French
writer, heard it sung by the Arabs, and
he suggested that it might have been
carried to the orient by the French cru
saders.
1t was certainly sung by the French
soldiers during the war in which the
first Duke of Marlborough won his
fame. 1t was the lullaby of the baby
son of Marie AntOinette. 1t became one
of the most popular songs of the
French revolution. Napoleon whistled
and sang it throughout his life. Beetho-
ven used it as one of the themes of his
Battle Symphony
1t has been for more than a century
one of the most popular street songs in
Europe. And there is probably not a
ten-year-Old boy or girl in America who
does not know the tune.
The French words. beginning NAL
brook sen va-t-en guerre." were invent
ed by some forgotten French soldier
during the war of the Spanish success
sion. They describe the supposed death
and funeral of the Duke of Marlbor-
Ough. which death. in the words of
Father Prout. did not then take place,
by some mistake" since 1.-The subject of
the pathetic elegy was at the time Of its
composition, both alive and kicking all
before him."
The song had nearly died out l.
France when Marie Antoinette caught
it up from the peasant nurse she had
employed for her baby; thereupOn il
spread rapidly. as songs do in France
Beaumarchais introduced it into 1.-THE
| Marriage of Figaro" and it was used
by the red republicans for incendiary
purposes of their own.
Several sets of words have been suns
| to the tune in the course of it's history
and it has itself undergone some modi
fcations. But its identity is cleal
through all the changes. Probably it il
familiar to a greater number of people
at the present time than any other tun'
in the world.-Youth's Companion.
Smyrna times., 1913-01-01
instrumentation.

John Bright's voice was unequivecal
ly for peace. Says the London Nation
He was walking once past the Cri
mean monument in London with one Of
his sons, then a lad. Every one knows
that the word "Crimea" is engraved
on the monument. The boy pointed tt
the monument and to the word upon i
and asked:
Father. what is thatY
THAT" said John Bright, pointing
also to the word. ''is crime"
Smyrna times., 1913-01-01
An Even Break.

Mr.. Jinks-You've spent fourteen
mortal hours and $35 and what have
you got to show for it? One hat worth
about $3.50. Mrs. Jinks-True. And
last week you spent five days and
Sis, and what have you got to show
for it? One fish story about a big
trout that got away and an awful cold
in your head.-Country Gentleman.
Smyrna times., 1913-01-01
Same Thino.

Gillet-See here! Did you tell Budd
I'd been cheated again? Perry-No; |
merely said you had made another of
your characteristic Investments .-Loa-
don Mail
Smyrna times., 1913-01-01
An Important Man.

always boasting. eh?"
''Yes; everything connected with
him is always in the superlative. Even
when he had a cataract on his eye 1t
was a regular Niagara. kansas City
Journal.
Smyrna times., 1913-01-01

For Coughs. Grip, Group,
Catarrh. Quick Consumption,
Typhoid and contagious dis
eases, BRAZILIAN B A l. NJ
never failed or lost a case, as it
KILLS THE CERMS-lOc,2 ,25c,
Soc and 81 .00.-At your Drug
gists.
Smyrna times., 1913-01-01

Mrs. Housewife - Mrs. Busybody
called after dinner Yesterday She
always comes after dinner, and it
is so aggravating when you have
a big wash on scalding. l didn't
have time to prepare anything
nice for her. And she'll go around
telling everybody what mean
table l SET"
Anty Drudge -"She's a regular aft
er-dinner' caller Dinner is what
she is after. But why don't you
try Fels-Naptha Soap? You
would have your wash all through
and dinner, too, before she got
here"
Do you m axe
your head save
your hands? With
Fels-Naptha Soap
you can wash
clothes in cool or
lukewarm water in
about half the time
it takes by the old
fashioned boiling,
hard rubbing way.
It's easier on the
clothes, easier on
you, saves fuel. time
and bother.
One cake Of
Fels-Naptha will
prove this to you
next washday.
Be sure to folloD directions on tht
Red and Green Wrapper.
Fels 8 Co., Philadelphia
Smyrna times., 1913-01-01

1t Is well there is no one without q
fault. for be would not have friend
In the world .-HaEIitt.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-17
LOSES ARM mn SAW

CLEVELAND.-Charles w. Mer-
rift, formerly in the employ of the
King Hardware Company, of Atlanta
but now engaged in the lumber bust
ness on the property of R. w. Ash.
in White County, lost his right arm
when it caught in one of the saws and
was severed below the elbow.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-17
WAR SECRETARY.
IMPRESSEDBY
POST HERE
Army Men Believe Garrison Will
Favor Brigade at Fort
Mcpherson.
Continued From Page I.

Fort Mcpherson will be increased
about three times. and IT will become
one Of the largest military posts In
the United States.
Thursday afternoon Secretary Gar
rison and his party were shown the
sights Of Atlanta by prominent bust
ness men who placed their automo-
biles at their disposal
Following this, the party will be
entertained at 4 o'clock dinner at
the home of General r. X. Evans.
corner Of PeaChtree and Firth streets.
To Go to Chattanooga.
The Secretary of War and his par
~ will leave Atlanta at 5 o'clock and
viii arrive in Chattanooga about 10
y. m. Here they will be met by the
Chattanooga Chamber Of Commerce
which will entertain the members OF
the party while they remain in that
city
Atlanta Is the FIRST stop or the Sec 70
rotary Of War on n tour or the army
posts Of the country undertaken with
the radical move I'm view OF doing
away with more than one hundred
absolutely useless" posts in tho in
terror
Secretary Garrison would not dis
cuss the Mexican situation At length.
He did not think its present gravity
was sufficient 10 make It probab BILE
that his tour OF the country would be
interrupted, altho"Sh he would not
venture to predict future develop
mcnts
Ambassador Wilson was called to
Washington, | suppose, so that the
President could get first hand and Of
fetal information of the condition of
affairs there he said. MANY re-
ports have come to the Presidents
ears and some OF them have been
conflicting.
The reported uneasiness of the
foreign nations over the safety OF
their subjects IN Mexico, take 1t.
led President Wilson To send the call
TO Mexico. OF the actual situation in
the Mexican Republic. however. /
know little more than | have read In
the newspapers
Six Weeks Tour Planned.
II expect the trip will consume
about six weeks and me" he re-
marked, whimsiCally. Il will be on
board train practically the entire time.
except for the one or two inspections
that | will make every day"
Referring TO the purpose of his
swing around the country. he said,
Il will be able to announce my
plans definitely after | am through.
As Vet they are not cryStallized l
am convinced that the present ar
rangemeut involves a great econom-
iCal and efficiency waste. This tour
was undertaken with tho recommen-
dalton Of Secretary OF War Stinson in
mind He urged that the large num-
Der of useless army posts be abol-
ished and the army concentrated at
central and strategic points. II was
his idea that regimental posts be done
away with and that the troops be
concentrated into brigade posts. !
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Continued From Page 1,

the jurors that they would take no
action In his absence.
ACceding TO his request, the Grand
Jury of that time passed resolutions
pledglng itself to waive all Considera-
ton of the Phagan mystery until the
Solicitors return.
Hot Fight Certain.
The agitation, however, has been
revived. as was forecast in The
Georgian when the new Grand Jury
was called The Solicitor has de-
clared that he viii not retreat one
step and preliminary slirmishes to
a hot fight already are taking place.
The fight has resolved itself into a
contest to determine whether Conley
shall go on the stand in the trial of
Leo Frank as a reputable, trustwor-
thy and free citizen, the status in
which the solicitor wishes TO main
tain him, or as a prisoner with the
shadow of an indictment hanging
over him.
In the latter aspect, several of the
members Of the Grand Jury are said
to contend that he should appear, in
asmuCh as he is a confessed Access
sorry and a possible principal
Defense for Action.
The defense is said not to be op-
posed 10 the review or the case by
the Grand Jury at this time nor to
the indictment of Conley. Luther
Z. Rosser. chief counsel for Frank
has charged from the first that Con-
ley was the man guilty of the STAY
ing of Mary Phagan, and it is pre-
sumed that he would be willing to
enjoy the tactical advantage that
the indictment of Conley probably
would give the defense.
w. d. Beatue, foreman of the
Grand Jury, intimated Thursday
morning that the matter of calling
the body together TO consider a Con-
ley indictment was under consider
alton oy some OF the members. but
he said that no formal request had
as yet been made for him to convene
them. He said that he would issue
the call when he had received a SUI
ficient number Of requests.
II is understood that the requests
will be submitted TO the foreman
Thursday, on the ground that the
evidence connecting Jim Eonley ui-
rectly with the crime is infinitely
stronger than the evidence on which
Leo Frank was indicted about two
months ago, and that for this reason
Conley should not be permitted TO go
before a jury as a free and unsus-
peCted man and testify against
Frank,
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QUOTES
EPICTETUS To
WOODWARD
Resorts to Heather Philosopher to
Silence 0pponent-"Mind Your
Business" Says Mayor.
Continued From Page I.

a ear, barricaded against criticism
and interference.
My Office IS a few years older than
his. The Mayor once acted as Re.
corder. | did not come into my oflce
through his suffrage just as he dli
not come into his through mine. Blt
! have been given the right to inter
fere in certain cases by the Constitu-
ton OF the State and the city char
ter"
mind Your Own Business"
Let him attend 10 his duties and
I'm attend to mine have not in
terfered with him and II is none OF
his business what ] do. Wen both
have the privilege OF answering to
the people for our acts
That policy ~ his giving % day
stoCkade sentences 40 as to evade
my pardonlng power is little
I'm tell him as / told Chief Bea-
vers on one occasion, that IN he wants
TO run my Office ! would be glad to
have him call and ! viii discuss with
him what | intend to do,
THAT might satisfy him"