davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-21

sure that would destroy the brain of
a lesser man, is really the father of
the canal And no man is too small
TO get justice from Goethals.
On Sunday mornings he conducts his
impromptu court One man believes
that another man has stolen pig
belonging to him. He goes to see
Cocktails. In the musty warmness of
the government house the complainant
enters a darkened room where, sitting
behind a severely plain desk, Is man,
SQUARE headed, rather stern-faced. clad
in immaculate white. Only the eyes of
the man show his latent humor.
With one powerful hand he strokes
the short, closely cropped gray mus
tache In a few words he persuades
the workman to tell his story III the
pig has been stolen the offender Is
punished. If the workman has been
irving to get something from Uncle
sam under the impression that so great
an organization cannot give time TO de-
tails. he finds himself bitterly dlsap-
pointed. For Goethals has succeeded
in doing what could hardly pc doIe
in the best modelled American city lie
has established direct system OF JUS
tice. which has convinced every man
If his sincerity and fairness. He knows
law as he knows engineering ne IL
the alpha and omega of the canai
and many of his workmen VIII snake
their heads obviously when ms rule
gives way to the civil government
provided by the last administration.
The Canal Zone is now being equipped
with an electrical supply suniclent ~
handle all of the locks and the iignt-
houses as we'll These high concrete llght-
houses have a strange appearance nov
standing as they do in the midst OF ars
vide Jungle But in little Wniie ,hes
will be the guide posts or the iohs
stretch of water.
The monstrous locks, though heaN
enough to crush house, Will be hoseu
as easily and smoothly as a door py tue
electrical power supplied.
The lighthouses will operate automall-
cally. flashing and going out, nashihs
and going out from dark until sunrise
when the canal is opened the big poats
will he carried through the locks upon
little cars run by electricity. These Trans
will he operated much like switch engines
and will haul ships big enough to carry
a Thousand of them on board without IN
convenience.
II IS now stated positively that no snip
will be allowed to go through the cahal
under her own steam. The little trolley
cars,, as they are called by the workmen,
will he painting and pulling day and night
as the big ships from all parts of the
world are brought up to be loaded or I'M
loaded.
have talked recently to the men III
washington who are directly interested
in the Panama canal project. represent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-21

the exercises will be much more modest
Indeed, there will be almost nothing TO
inform the great American public that at
last these two oceans have been brought
together for the betterment of commerce.
Col. Goethals clad in the white SOL
dier's uniform which has made him a
figure during the canal enterprise, VIII
stand Just beyond the mud of Gatun
dam With him will be a little stan OF
officers, men whose faces are wrlnkiea
by care and Drowned by constant eN-
posure to the tropic sun.
Behind them a knot OF civilians Will be
huddled a splotch of color against the
green of vegetation. When the explosion
comes there will be a mighty rush Oh
water as a valley, trees ana shruppeIs
and all, is inundated by the tremendous
inlet.
That will be all. The mighty dredges
will go into the huge valleys so recently
created, towing out huge trees Vnicn
have been left in the lakes bottom. Ana
over the green spillway there VIII SWEEP
for days and days mass OF Veseta'ioi'
torn from earth by the waters
When the big celebration begins next
wear IL will represent the combined
genius of the War and Navy Depar.,
ments. Secretary OF war Garrison anu
Secretary OF the Navy Daniels are even
now holding conferences Whlch arr
slowly bringing the plans INTO shape
Later they will hold conferences with
Col. Goethals and with him will finally
decide upon the complete celebration &c
take place when the canal Is capable OF
floating the giant battleship Oregon, or
whose bridge the Secretary OF. the Navy
Will stand as she plows through the stu
waters There will be dances and recep-
tons and banauets and speechmaking and
fireworks when the work of the canal Is
finally finished
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-21

body, or will he, by some neaVeh-seht
chance, leave me alone?
while these thoughts were passing
through my brain the elephant deliberate
~ turned round. caught me by the shoulder
and flung me violently into the branches
of a small tree some fourteen yards away
the impact at once knocking me sense
less On coming round few minutes
later I found myself lying on the ground
with Simba kneeling over me vigorously
shaking me with one hand, while he
pointed excitedly with the other TO where
the elephant stood smiling the air some
thirty yards away.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-21
Details of the Work
of Finally Joining the
Atlantic and Pacific
Oceans in October-to
Be Followed by a Great
Celebration, Whose De-
tails a Commission Is
Now Working Out.
ny John ELFRETH WATKINS.

The wedding Of the Atlantic
and Pacific oceans at Panama is
scheduled for next month.
This contamination OF the
grandest engineering enterprise
of all time will be as impressive
as it IS simple There will be an
explosion. a mass of earth will
be hurled into the air, obscuring
everything for the moment Then
will come the thunder of rush
ing waters-the first sweep Of the
mighty torrent through the full
length of the canal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-21
ELEPHANT Coming to Eav@ LOOK mmm


CARRYING out a little ruse which heined
to turn the tide of battle in another
fight You have to remember thai Wo
were up against enemies who We're pent
on DISCRIMINATING u.s. and the btIinah
commander Capt. Richter concelNed the
idea of leaving cartridges ABOUT Wiz, W.T.
natives could get them which Woulo
hurst their guns when they tried 10
shoot them. They tried both heavy
charges of ordinary powder ana tntn
dynamite. but neither Was po"eriui
enough for the purpose
TRY my cOfdite. said \. ana We tflen
II loading some .oo cartridges with
seventv-five grains each and then scat
tering them about so that the Ahgonis
would think they had been dropped ny
mistake Man alive. what MISCHIEF they
Aid when those natives tried 10 lire
them, They were in high glee Al dis.
covering them. but when they htted
them in the breach Of their rifles ana
nulled the trigger. guns and men, too.
rare blown TO bits. The ground was
Uttered afterward with corpses WIN
their faces blown of. AS fact, we must
have done astonishing execution IN
that fight, for few days ai,er"alu, %,
accommodating the ground, We 'ouits"
over 300 graves.
This ivory hunters latest expedition
with Capt Anderson-who never peIote
had seen an elephant outside the zoo.
and had a mighty close cali Win MS
first one-took close on year, ana re-
suited in the bagging OF couple OF tons
of ivory.
The sportsmen visited the camps or
Fmin Pasha and Henry NJ. STANLEY. aud
later made their way, in canoes Paaaiea
nv natives. up the Sem:lhie river Never
have I seen sucn an awful place Tor
crocodiles.'' observed Sutherland = until
they eventually reached the pigmy forest,
in which they spent twenty days, once
being attacked by the little people armed
with poisoned arrows,
Later oil, Capt. Anderson having been
recalled to his regiment, sutherland had
the responsib ility of seeing their ivory
TRANSPORTED by natives through Beigian
territory, and eventually TO cairo. ~ was
M llgnt undertaking. for danger OF being
set iJpon and robbed threatened several
times.
After all the years he has spent In the
'pori." this elephant hunter says frankly
that he prefers 1t to civilization.
II find" he said, that i chafe at the
insincer.ty CT life in cities. In the middle
of Africa every mans word Is his bond.
and life is a straight-from-the-s ulder
proposition"
Even when the writer saw him he was
beginning to irk under what he describes
modern city. and beginning to develop the
mood which led him. when a couple OF
days out on his last voyage to the Cape.
to throw overheard those detested EN-
and silk hat which he had sported in
Piccadilly lin sheer exuberance OF
spirits
SO before much time has passed be will
be off once more ION safari." But first
he means to have look at the sky.
scrapers.
Copyright. 1918 by Curtis RrownD
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-21

in the native rising in German Eas
Africa in 1906 in recognition or Whlci
he was decorated by the German govern
ment. ,u -
eve needn't bother with the details o.
how il began said he, though the CHIEF
causes were native discomfort at havine
to pay hut tax, and to build roads ana ts
give up some Of their ancient pursuits
tbat didn't fit in with civilized ideas. II
was a discomfort which was Tanned o!
the Arabs, whose slave trading had peer
put to a stop Eventually it made then
decide TO make a clean sweep OF the
E,,lropeanS i'm the country. / was In Ter
man East Africa after elephants when
the trouble began, and, as hunting was
impossible. l made up my mind 10 see
what fighting natives was like. so Vol
unteered for service on the German SIDE
There was awful slaughter, | am 'sorrl
to say" Sutherland went on. much OF
which would have been averted had II
not been for the native medicine men
who are queer jossers-though If II fiaa
not been for them and their freakistl
ideas most of us, undoubtedly, would
have lost our lives. Wherever there was
fighting the native onslaughts were des-
perate and fearless. The medicine men
had told them. Ii seems, that when we
fired on them our bullets would be mlrac-
ulously changed into water and nothing
but steam would issue from the muZZles
of our guns.
4
Great heavens,' cried the hunter.
How much better we taught them.
had 800 cordite rifle. firing an eXpan-
sive bullet that weighed an ounce ana
was driven by eighty grains OF powder.
My shots absolutely drilled lanes through
the Angonis when they advanced, ana l
blew the head clean OF the hrst man
fired at. A few weeks later TOOK part
N def of III, Il
collectorate, at Mahenge, and there we
saw some astonishing displays OF fanati-
cism, sure enough
I'VE were armed with machine guns.
and the natives knew this, but In this
case the medicine men had told them
that those of their number VINO Were
killed by our fire would reawaken after
two days and be ready to hght again.
The native force that attacked this col
lectorate must have been 500 strong'
and they were armed with anythlng'
from pruning hooks to spears. fair per-
centage too, having old-fashioned Huz-
zle-loading rifles, firing small bullets.
Intent on killing and torturing the
lot of u.s." continued Sutherland, they
charged almost to the walls OF the col
lectorate and were moved down by our
Maxims, eventually being forced to re-
treat after heavy slaughter. With f1rm
belief. however. in the promise OF their
medicine men that the slain would come
to life again and join in the fighting.
they attacked again, two days after,
and again were moved down by the
score the dead men failing to comply
with the prophecy and help to turn the
tide Of battle. Four times in succession
they did this. and then gave 1t up. con-
WINGED. at last, apparently, that the
dead were going to- stay dead, in spite
of the assurance OF the witch-doctors.
81 was a bit useful too" said the
ivory hunter. continuing his story I'm
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-21

oo,s;dar eIenbant shooting most danger
Gus, though there are many persons VIZ
underrate it's peril because or the ueauh-
ness of the hunters firearms. Even con-
s;derinp this. however I consider ele-
phant hunting an almost even duel pc
tween hunter and hunted. Remember, tne
elephant has wonderful advantage III
being high above the vegetauon m VIM" mt
one is almost invariably obliged TO hunt
him-for he fights shy OF open couhlIs-
and. therefore, is able to see the hunter,
while the latter is surrounded Oh an
sides by tall grass which is SO sun ina
II is all but impossible to step from sue
to side In ii.
This leaves one absolutely dependent
on his craftsmanship when charged by
an elephant-a thing that happens more
often than not The vital spots to be
reached by a bullet are few in NUMBER,
and call for the finest shooting. These
consist of the brain shot, which must pc
made either between the eyes or throusn
the earhole; a shot in the vertebre or the
neck or in the heart. To stop an in
furiated elephant that is charging down
on you like an express train is. assure
you, no task for an amateur.
Asked to tell the story of his closest
shave from a "tusker.'' Sutherland spun
the following yarn. AS real character
and almost as much of a poet as his
prototype in Haggard's books. 1T -
wonderful thing to hear him fight his jun
gle battles over again. for he illustrates
every move Of himself and his prey-it
isn't always quite certain which Is the
prey, by the bye-and tells 1T with pic
turesqueness of language quite lmpossl-
bic to reproduce in mere print
This happened in German East Africa
in August, 1905" he said. "All day long
I had kept doggedly on the tracks OF a
herd of five big bulls, and finally managed
without any special happening to account
for four Of them. The fifth wounded In
the region Of the heart as he was boiling
full speed across a clearing.
X
HE Immediately pivoted round, low
cred his big head and. screaming with
rage charged straight at me. 1t was
moment when the necessity for keeping
cool was paramount; so. patiently waiting
till he was within twenty PAGES OF me. 1
gave him the second barrel full in the
face. 1t tore through his left eye, but
failed to stop or turn him, and the next
moment q vicious blow from his tusk
sent me cannoning against my tracker.
Simba, who was a few PAGES away from
me on my right, and together We came
heavily to earth.
Before / had time to scramble to my
feet the elephant had turned. and. seiz-
ing me by my khaki shirt, flung me high
above him in the air. Though badly
shaken. I was wildly conscious OF all
through space the conviction flashed
through my mind that I had seen the
last Of my hunting days. l landed on
the elephants back, rolled helplessiy on
and came with q thud to earth, where
still had sufficient presence OF mind to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-21

found that owing to the injuries | had
racaived this was an impossibility. | dis
covered, too. that my left thumb was
dislocated and my left arm and shoulder
so badly strained that l was quite unable
to hold my rife.
Bidding Simba sit down beside me,
managed. with some difficulty, to place
my .31S across his shoulder and fire Tor
the elephants ear, but. try as ! would. l
could not keep my rifle steady. and the
bullet instead of going through his brain
went wide and struck him high up on the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-21

alive Adamson of Georgia, in whose
committee originated the law under which
the Panama canal was operated, was the
first man l saw. AS chairman of the
House committee on interstate and for
eign commerce, he has had most to do
with the adoption of the code of civil law
for Panama in the House.
1T may surprise you," said he, TO
find that the Panama canal is going to
have a government of it's own, which, /
believe, will be superior to the govern
ment of many an American city. Did
you ever stop to think that the Panama
canal had the benefit Of the wisdom of
the entire United States government when
the law governing the conduct of its af-
fairs came into being?
I'm other words. Congress has devoted
its time to preparing a law for Panama
which shall have none Of the weaknesses
which are found in other governments. !"
do you believe" | asked that the
Panama government in all of its features
will surpass any other municipal or state
government"
Il believe 1t WILL" he replied. II be-
lieve that the government will be as good
and as free from corruption as it has
been in the past-and that is high praise
When I spoke to Secretary Of War Gar
rson, under whom the work of building
the canal Is being conducted. he was en-
thusiastic over what had been accom-
plished
Il regard the Panama canal said he.
''as the highest tribute which can be paid
to the United States army For absolute
efficiency. workmanlike progress and
thorough order there has been nothing
within the memory of man which has
equaled the work of Goethals at the
Panama canal"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-21

right side Of the head. At once he slewed
round and advanced toward us, as II Ut,
terly surprised to find that he had ialied
to finish his enemy.
so, telling Simba to hold my rifle bar
rel firmly I drove another cartridge into
the breech and waited patiently Tor my
lord the elephant. When he was within
fourteen or fifteen yards l took aim, ana.
making a supreme effort to control my
breath and steady my hand. pressed the
trigger. The bullet struck him right be-
tween the eyes, bringing him to his knees
as If pole-axed. and as he struggled 10
rise finished him with another shot
More striking, perhaps. even than his
hunting adventures is the story of the
part which the elephant hunter played
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-21

Mr. Dodge, in charge of the division
of publications Of the isthmian canal
commission, recently stated that the
plans for the opening of the canal were
really merely an extension of the work
which has been done in the past
when the canal is opened next month,
said he lit will simply mean that the
last great feature of the work is to be
begun. The men who are in charge or
this work will have as arduous ana
steady a task for months as the men
who handled the shovels at Culebra cut.
For under the waters of the canal
there are dying forests, swamped by the
entrance of the waters. And the sliding
earth of the canals bottom must be re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-21

He ceremonies at
the official open
ing of the Panama
canal in the early
part of 1914 will be
the subject of a
nations care. A
cial commits
sioner already is in
Washington and is
taking up the va
rious plans of the
grand celebration
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-21

OUR United States,
as Arnold Bennett
called il, is going to
nave an uncofn-
monty intere sting
visitor shortly in
the person of James
S u { h e r land, the
ivory hunter. who
has a record bag of
$50 elephants to his
credit-over GBu. if
YOU count in the fe-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-21

lie absolutely motionless to avoid further
attracting his attention
Il lay on my face with my lower limbs
beneath his towering. bulky body, my
left foot actually touching the toes of his
left hind foot. l experienced no fear or
death; l was not conscious of any piano.
rama of my life passing swiftly over my
mind: my heart was not even beating
wildly. l was simply wondering In
which way is he going to kill me? Will
he kneel on and trample me horribly !!
Will he drive his tusk right through my
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-21

moved and the channel made safe before
the big vessels Of the world may enter.
THE dredges which are to be employed
from now on will find a steady and diff
cult task in removing the waste vegeta-
ton and earth from the canal
Thus when the dixie at Gatun dam Is
blown up 1t will be the signal calling the
men to work for the final stretch in the
completion of the canal. How long 1t VIII
take / do not know. There are many
who, visiting the canal when this work is
in progress. will hardly realize that the
canal is at last open to navigation.
II is almost impossible to realize what
this enterprise means when you are far
away from the scene of activities. You
have heard that we maintain in Panama
beneficent despotism yclept military
government which keeps thousands or
workmen busy six days out of seven and
which. notwithstanding its mighty throng
serves a discipline that would be credit
TO model city. Few can appreciate what
this tremendous government means.
| have talked to men in Washing ton
who are the most instrumental in the
completion of the canal. This most stu
pendous engineering feat of the ages
cdlUOt De SduStu US iHCLC h6OiCS " i'S'i
one talks lightly of millions he but com
presses the numerals within the bounds
of his own Imagination.
Study for a moment the accompanying
picture showing the concrete approach"
to the Gatun dam lock-the picture that
looks like gigantic portico larger than
the mighty entrance to the Union sta
ton in Washington. This is only Incl
dental to the work of the canal. 1t is
merely a type of buffer extending out
from each of the locks. Yet, when viewed
at close range, it stands by itself as a
monumental achievement Justly compar-
able with any of our mighty public build
ings.
When French genius and French wealth
attempted the canal $4,000, 600 cubic yards
of material were excavated. OF this
amount 29.OOOO0O cubic yards were avail
able for the present canal-in other words
only about one-third of the abandoned
French work could be utilized by Uncle
Sam in the construction of his big ditch
Already more than 220,000,000 cubic
yards have been taken out by oul
laborers. And something over a dollar
has been spent out of the Treasury o,
the United States for each of these
cubic yards of earth excavated. In
statement concluding with the 1st o.
May, 1913, the isthmian canal commits
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-21

sion states that 1892, 100000 had been
spent upon this work
The canal when completed will at Its
highest podn raise water to an eleva-
ton OF efRh ty-f1ve feet above the sea,
and this height will be reached by
flight of three locks located at Gatun
on the Atlantic side, by one lock At
Pedro Miguel and by a fight OF two
other locks at Mirafores on the Pacific
side.
Each of these locks will be large
enough to Ii tt ships 1000 feet long and
will be 10 feet in width. From deep
water In the Caribbean sea to deep wa
ter in the Pacific the canal will be a
stretch of So miles.
And the 10 cks mind you, are the mar
rowest points in the canal. Imagine
dumbbe1l sawed lengthwise and you
have. rough ". a notion of the relative
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-21

Then I spoke to Secretary Daniels OF
the Navy Department, whose fleet must
bear the brunt of the defense of the
canal The Secretary will be on the
bridge of the first heavy-draft vessel to
pass from the Atlantic to the Pacific
through the waterway. That ship VIII be
the battleship Oregon, If present plans
carry.
When the American fleet. the first
heavy. draft vessels to pass through the
canal, shall make its initial trip, SAID
he,s@I desire to be on board the fagsnlp.
because want to watch the progress oil
those mighty vessels behind me-warships
which are to be tremendously benefited
by this new waterway.
'It is worth the while of the thinking
man to consider what this canal VIII
mean to the Navy Department. Or course
there are so many benefits that 1t IS
possible for a man, considering the entire
giant project, to forget for a moment the
single, individual group which Is aided;
when the Spanish American war broke
ont q vessel. in order to reach the scene
of battle, rounded Cape Horn and there
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-21

and festival to take place when the hrst
heavy draught ships are sent from the
Atlantic to the Pacific.
But when the oceans meet next month
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-21

with no very definite aim except that of
carving out a career. which he subse-
quently did-in ivory.
From Cape Town his wanderings took
him to Johannesburg. and then to Ma
feking and Matabeleland. Later he roved
northward to British Central Africa and
roamed the regions about Lake Tan
sanyika and the kongo. subsequently
going to Portuguese East Africa Gust
eleven years ago.. and during these years
he followed some queerly assorted occu-
pations including that of niger boss and
trader In beeswax and rubber.
''None Of them seemed to suit my ma
ture, though" he said, land still was
uncertain as to what should undertake