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Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-05

| are drilling 30-foot holes In the dixie
10 take the charges OF explosive
Jungle Must Be Removed.
But these charges will not demolish
the dixie They viii merely loosen the
material 20 that the water will be
able 20 trickle through and cut its
own channel The steam dredges VIII
complete the work OF opening the
channel, and once this IL done clear
passage from the Atlantic TO the Pa
cihc will result
And because there is work vet 10
be done, Colonel Goethals has put his
foot decislvely on all projects for
great celebration. II will all be done
quietly said the Colonel, without fuss
or feathers. Even when the great ex-
plosion comes that will demolish
Gamboa dixie, there will be no dem
onatration, nor any crowds to watch,
nor any notice taken, II is believed.
Explosions are common enough In the
Canal Zone TO warrant that this one
should go unnoticed.
Climax Truly American.
So the union Of the Atlantic and
the Pacific will be a secret nuptlal
and the end OF nine years work. of
30 years Of great visions, will be ef-
fected quietly, in a manenr typically
American.
When the Americans began work in
1904 the world scoffed. But after the
American engineers had been on the
Job year or more the world began
to lose its scornful smile and to
realize that the Americans means
business. Many mistakes were made.
Twice as much earth has been exca
waited az the plans originally called
for, and II has cost twice as much
money as was at first estimated.
The Americans started out with
the machinery left by the French. This
they soon found to be hopelessly mad
equate, and they now say that they
could have accomplished little more
than did the French with the same
equipment. In November. 1904, the
first steam shovel found its way into
the equipment Immediately this gi-
gantic instrument became the pre-
siding genius OF canal construction,
and there have been hundreds in oper-
alton, ranging In size from the 26-
| ton model TO the 1O3-ton giants. The
entire lot OF Rntiquated machinery Of
the French has been superseded by
modern equipment.
Sanitary Work Vital.
over S1b.0UO,000 has been spent in
making the canal zone habitable and
sanitary. This apparently eXtrava-
giant expenditure was lHe greatest
factor in making the canal reality,
according to engineers. Much of the
failure OF the French was due to the
fact that the workmen could not sur
vive the fever and pest-ridden coun-
try.
The Canal Zone contains about 4S6
square miles about 95 Of which are
under the waters OF the canal and
Gatun and Moraflores Lakes 1t be-
gins at point three marine miles
from mean low water mark in each
ocean and extends for Ave miles on
each side the center line OF the route
OF the canal II includes the group Of
islands in the Bay of Panama, named
Parda. Naos, Culebra and Flamenco.
The cities of Panama and Colon are
excluded from the zone, but the Unit
ed states has the right TO enforce
sanitary ordinances in those cities,
! and TO maintain public order in them
| in case the Republic Of Panama
| should not be able to do SO. in the
] Judgment Of the United States.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-05
Rock Springs Tract
Is Sold for $4,000
Geo. M. Napier Purchases Acreage
Which VIII Be SubdiVIded-SeV-
eral Other Sales Announced.

F. c. Everett OF the Everett & Ev-
erett Real Estate Agency, and s. O.
Nickers, of the Chelsea Land Com
rany, announced Saturday night the
sale of a fourteen and three quarter
acre tract of land on the Rock Springs
road to George NJ Napier for $25, 900
The tract adjoins and overlooks Ans
ley Park
e c. Rupley, sales manager of the
subdivision department Of the Chel-
sea Land Company, will subdivide the
tract into so lots and put them on
the market next spring Fifty lot
statesmen will handle the proposition
and Mr.. Rupley expects to duplicate
his success in Chelsea Heights, where
he has sold 259 lots in four months
Nelson Lane, of the Everett & Ev-
erett Agency, has sold to F. J. Mas
senburg and NJ. o. Jackson a six
room bungalow on LaFrance street.
Inman Park, for $3,5O0 a vacant lot
in Rose Hill for 1875. He also has
sold to NJ. b. Young, for J. It. Stew
art, three vacant lots at Rockmart
for 81, 900 each.
w. P. Clark, of the Everett & Ev-
erett Agency. has sold for Allen Rice
to Miss Mary Broxton the property
at Nos. 314-314-A Houston street, with
vacant frontage on Cain street, for
$4,000.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-05

make extensive prOVements in the
harbors of Hyannis. Nantucket. New
Bedford, Vineyard Haven. Fall River,
Woods Hole Channel, and supervise
the construction of bridges across
Buttermilk Bay and Wareham, Swift,
Acushnet Monument and Seekonk
Rivers
The great opportunity otsGoethals'
life came after he had been attached
TO the general staff for four years. In
| February, 1907, GoethalS still a ma
| ior, was sent to Panama to aid in the
/ engineering work, of which John f.
! Stevens had charge Within a few
months Stevens retired, and Presi-
dent Roosevelt appointed Goethals in
/ his place on the theory that "a mill
tary man can't quit" And Goethals
| didn't quit.
Within a few days after his ap-
| pointment as Chief Engineer of the
! Isthmian Canal Commisson, Goethals
| was a national figure. Several months
after he started work he was & figure
! of worldwide prominence
dig! Make the dirt fly"
TINS was President Roosevelt's :
/ command to Chief Engineer GoethaIs,
and Goethals carried 1t out to the
/ letter He dug with tremendous en-
! ergy. The Big Ditch had never met
such a stubborn person before. II had
overcome many able and accomplish
ed engineers, but it couldn't overcome
Goethals.
When Colonel George washington
Goethals finishes the canal he will be
So years old. That will be in 1915.
Greater honors are undoubtedly
awaiting him. II has been suggest
ed several times that he be made
major general. outside of the chief oI
the general staff, the highest rank of
the United States Army.
Colonel Harry +. Hodges graduated
from West Point in 1881. one Year
after Colonel Goethals. They had
been friends at the academy
Because of his lock-gate work and
because of his ability to overcome
natural obstacles. Hodges has been
credited by Colonel GOethals with the
qualities OF a genius. He was born III
Massachusetts in 1860 and was II
years old when he entered the United
States Military Academy.
Lieutenant Colonel David DUB.
GaiUard has been in charge of all
excavations in the canal prism eX-
cept that incidental to lock and dam
construction, This means that ii
has been Gaillard's job to break the
backbone of the Isthmus of Panama
and to clear away the vertebrae. In
a sketch OF Colonel Gaillard in a book
called THE Makers OF the Panama
Canal" it is said: 1T has been a
project that the world Will always
regard as stupen6ous He has un-
emotionally shoveled the clay out of
the way. much as the householder
shoves the snow from his sidewalk,
and gone about his business Of cut
/ ting the backbone Of Culsbra."
Lieutenant Colonel William L. ST.
/ bert, with Hodges and Gaillard. IS a
member of the Isthmian Canal Com
mission He has been in charge Of
the building of the great dam and
/ locks at Gatuu, and ne has had other
7 duties connected with the digging Of
/ the canal at the sea-level stretches
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-05
THANKS GERMAN
JOURNAL FOR AID
To PANAMA FAIR
President Of San Francisco tx
position Expresses His Graft
tude for Special Edition.

The following letter is self-explan
atory:
san Francisco, Cal, Sept. "a
The Honorable Theodore Sutro,
President and Editor German
Journal, New York:
I learn with great pleasure that
The German Journal is 20 publish
in the city Of Berlin a special edi-
ton devoted to the plans, purposes,
motives and progress of the Pan
ANA Pacific International Exposi-
ton. I believe that this IS a mat
ter which must interest the people
OF all nations, most emphatically
the Germans whose commercial
initiation and energy and whose
world grasp of conditions and
events will combine in apprecia-
ton of the significance Of this ex-
position.
The Panama Pacific Interna-
tional Exposition will itself eX-
pedite the extension to the world
of the benefits of the event it
celebrates. 1t win demonstrate to
all nations the potential value of
the new markets made accessi-
BILE by the Panama Canal II will
display to the nations of Eu-
rope the resources and products
of the nations of the Pacific area
and will itself be the great ex-
ample of the influence of the ca
nal in bringing all races and peo-
pies into closer communion for
the interchange Of thought and
products and to the furtherance
OF world divide brotherhood and
peace.
The plan and scope of the ex-
position are commensurate with
the importance of the event and
in many respects it viii display
to the visitor educational fea-
lures. beauties and attractions
surprising any heretofore shown
I believe it will be necessary only
to describe these to the German
people to secure their apprecia-
ton and cooperation. It will be
a serious disappointment to the
people of the United States II at
the gathering of nations Ger
many is not present.
CHARLES c. MOORE,
President Panama Pacific Inter
national Exposition.
The special exhibition of The Ger
man Journal mentioned above wa
published in Berlin September 90, an
all the features, news an
ma gazine sections OF an up tot dat
American newspaper, besides severs
sections devoted to the interests of tn
Panama-Pacific Exposition of 1915.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-05

his fear that the canal would finish
him before he could finish the canal.
Goethas Put on Job.
John f. Stevens. an accomplished
engineer, but also a civilian. was the
next Chief Engineer OF the Isthmus.
Mr.. Stevens remained in the Zone
about a year, and then quit Colonel
Roosevelt then delivered himself of a
speech to the effect that, having had
two civilians, both of whom resigned,
he would now try the army and give
the job of building the canal to some
one who couldn't quit. A conference
with Secretary of War William II.
Taft foADwed. and Colonel Goethals.
then Captain Goethals, attached to the
general staff of the army at Washing
ton, was selected.
George Washington Goethals was
born in Brooklyn on June 25, 1858.
At 15 years Of age he entered the
College Of the City of New York,
graduating three years later.
Young Goethals had a hankerinE
for a military career, and consequent
ly he managed to gain an appoint
ment to the United States Military
Academy at West Point, where he
graduated June IL, 1880. ranking ser-
ond in his class. His first assignment
n. u,
Joined the Engineering Corps. As a
cadet Goethals had not. had any illu-
Sious about killing Indians, and so
had studied engineering.
In November 1882, Goethals WIS
made an engineering officer of the
Department of Columbia. and two
years later was promoted to a first
leiutenancY and made an assistant to
Lieutenant Colonel William L. Mer-
rill who was in charge of improYa
ments being made in the Ohio River
near Louisville. Here the young first
lieutenant got much excellent engi-
neeriug experience, for Lieutenant
Colonel Merrill was also supervising
the work at the Falls of Ohio, and IN
charge Of the work of constructive
the Louisville and Portland Canal ana
the work Of improving the Harbor 1f
Refuge near Cincinnati.
Skill Is Recognized.
The War Department recognized
the engineering skill Of Goethals.
when in 1885 he, still q first lieut. an
ant, was made a professor at the
West Point Military Academy. There
he remained for four years, when he
was again made assistant to Lieuten-
ant Colonel Merrill who this time
was In charge of improvements on
the Ohio River near Pittshurg On
December IA. 1891, Goethals was made
a captain and placed in charge Of i'm
provementS being made in the Ten
nessee River near Chattanooga. This
was Goethals' first big engineering
assignment The river was a series
Of rapids, which made navigation
practically impossible. 1t was
Goethals' work to clear the river OF
powders and other distractions and
build a channel 14.5 miles long, 70
10 100 feet wide and feet deep.
When the War Department wanted
an able engineer in 1900 to take
charge Of the construction of defenses
along the New England coast, Goe-
thals was chosen, raised to the rank
Of major and sent to Newport. r l.
| There he found that besides erecting
! the coast defenses he would have to
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-05

tOl<JN, PANAMA, oct 4.-Ihe
nine-ysAr work is finished and the
Panama Canal is to-day practically
completed. At a signal from Colonel
Gosthals tomorrow the waters Of the
Atlantic and Pacific oceans will be
Joined by means OF four huge pipes
passing through the Gamboa dixie
which stands between Gatun Lake
and ths Culebra cut, When the water
has reached level high enough IN
the Culebra cut TO form a cushion
against the explosion Of many tons
of dynamite the Gamboa dixie WIN be
blown up and the water win be al
lowed TO flow through the canal.
checked only by the various locks at
either end. This Is expected to take
place early next week. The dynamite
viii not be OF sufficient strength
however, 20 clear away the tons Of
earth and rock composing the Gam
boa dixie. The waters OF the two
oceans will play an important part in
this final piece Of work which the
engineers call "child's play In com
parison to tho problems they have
faced.
Last Work for Dredses.
When the water has washed its
way through the dixie the steam
dredRes, the steel monsters which
have done the actual digging" Of the
Big Ditch,' will be called upon for
their final task and within a few
days all that composed the Gamboa
dixie win have been entirely removed
from the canal route.
The dredges will make a final trip
through tho canal, searching for any
nf u
may have been overlooked or have
slipped into the canal. By the time
this is completed. which is expected
to be December l, the water in Gatun
Lake will have reached the required
level OF 81 feet and the canal will be
ready for the passage OF the largest
ship afloat.
In passing from the Atlantic TO the
Pacific a vessel viii enter the ap-
proach channel in Limon Bay This
channel extends to Gatun, a distance
OF seven miles Here have been
erected a series Of three locks by
which the ships win be raised to a
height OF 81 feet or TO the level of
Gatun Lake. The passage for 80
miles is then made at 81 feet above
the level OF the Atlantic Ocean. After
passing through the Culebra cut the
vessel is lowered 30 1-2 feet into Mir
54l-2 feet above the level OF the Pa
cific Ocean. The fact that a differ
ence existed between the mean levels
of the oceans necessitated the build
ing of a lock canal instead OF sea
level passage.
The passage through Mlraforcs
Lake is about two miles and the
vessel is then lowered in two locks
10 the level Of the Pacific Ocean. The
Q, q lsl lnr
vessels through the canal is between
ten and twelve hours.
Next Friday will come the real
But next Friday win come the real
union OF the two oceans when the
Gamboa dixie will be dyuamited The
engineers in charge win allow tho
water TO trickle through the pipes in
the meanwhile to settle In the Guile
bra cut. and to form thus cushion
10 receive something Of the force OF
the shock that comes when Gamhoa
dixie is dynamited. Already workmen
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-05
PRICE APPEALS
FOR DIVERSITY
Of 1874 CROPS
Warning Sounded by Agricultural
Commissioner Against Planting
Big Acreage in Cotton.

Commissioner Of Agriculture James
D. Price has sounded q warning, as
well as a word Of encouragement, to
the farmers OF Georgia, and pleads
with them to determine next year
upon more general diversifcation Of
their crops
The Commissioner sees prosperous
times ahead, but he thinks intelligent
and conservative farming is more
surely Indicated now than ever before
for the future.
He says:
In my opinion, Georgia never has
had a more golden opportunity 10
start a thorough and complete deveI-
opment of her agricultural resources
In order for this to be done, how
ever the merchants. the bankers. the
warehousemen and the farmers must
work together
The years 1911 and 1912 were both
trying on the farmers and allied busi-
ness interests, and unless We are
careful now we win likely have SINH
lar conditions the next two years
Warning of 1910.
The year 1910 was one of pros
perity, similar TO this year. In the
fall money was plentiful and the out
look bright for good times and pros
perity. The farmer expanded by plan
ming his crop for all cotton.
In the spring of 1911 credit was
cheap and the farmer continued to
expand, for the merchant, the banker
and the warehcuseman were lavish
with their credit. The result was that
Georgia raised the biggest crop she
ever had made, and the farmers were
extravaeant in making it. The yield
Was large and the cost of making it so
great that the low prices made the
money returned much less than was
| necessary TO pay the expenses. with
the result that the merchant, the
banker, and the waTehouseman had
TO carry over many notes and ac-
counts.
The year 1912 caught the farmer
with an insufficient supply of feed
stun and good many obligations. He
was not in O position to plant food
| crops, for it seemed to him that It
was necessary to plant cotton in or
der to pay running expenses and ac
| cumulated debts.
AT harvest time the cotton crop
know what the depressed condition
was all over Georgia last fall At the
start of this year credit was tight,
! the seasons were unfavorable and
economy was the eternal watchword,
The consequence now is that Georgia
is in better shape, generally, than II
! has been since the fall of 1910.
Plant Small Acreage.
III the farmers Of Georgia this fall
will plan their crops for 1914 to in
! clude small grain, hay, corn, hogs
some cattle and a small acreage in
| cotton, and If they will practice the
/ most rigid economy this fall in buy
/ ing for cash and next spring buying
on credit, the result next year win be
| continued prosperity. On the other
| hand. If the farmers of Georgia are
| extravagant in the expenditure of the
money they are receiving for their
| cotton and cotton seed, and il they
| become infatuated with the desire to
expand and raise much more cotton
| next year, If business interests are
lax with credit. the results next year
| will be disastrous"
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-05

Hotel Ansley at l O'Clock P,0,.
both luncheon and pilgrimay.
completed Saturday night. acco,S'
to an announcement Of seor..a-
Howard Geidert, who has tn. -.
in charge.
The Ad Men will take autor,,,,
and special trolley cars at 2 o,.,s
for the prison. Special arranvs-.~
have been made with Prison s.
intendent Meyer for a thorough :.
spection of the penitentiary. Na.-
a hundred men have signiflsd ~.
intention Of making the trip.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-05

Canal Commission: Chief Engineer Of
that commission and Governor of the
Canal Zone. and his assistants. Colo
mel Harvey T. Hodges. Lieutenant
Colonel David DUB Gaillard and
Lieutenant Colonel William L. Sibert
When a Chief Engineer was first
wanted for the caHal Colonel Roose-
Welt then President. sent down a civ
ilian named Wallace. He soon re-
signed. 1t is said that he almost wor-
ried himself into a decline because of
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-05
YOUNGEST SUNDAY SCHOOL
SCHOLAR IN THE WORLD

SELMA, Oct. Selma has per-
haps the youngest Sunday school
scholar in the world. On Sunday
morning last, when Superintendent J.
L. Rhoades, of the Alabama Avenue
Presbyterian school. reached his
place, he found a note from Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. S. O'Gwynne, members of the
Sunday school, as follows:
Dear Superintendent Please en-
roll our daughter, Mary Elizabeth. age
six hours, as a member Of the cradle
roll" The name of the little miss was
duly enrolled, and she is now a mem
Der of the Alabama Avenue Sunday
school.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-05
Story of GOethaLs and
Men Who Dug the Canal

Every American viii thrill with
pride when the waters Of the Allan
tic and Pacific meet for the first time
through the Panama Canal. but there
are four men who would be justified in
thrilling more than all others, for il
is due mostly TO their hard work. de-
termination, plugging, digging. inge-
uuity. patience. diplomacy and skill
that the Canal has become a fact
They are Colonel George Washington
Goethals, chairman of the lsthmian
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-05
NOSE. AND HEAD STOPPED UP FROM
COLD OR CATARRH, OPEN At ONCF

small bottle of ''Ely's Cream Rat.
at any drug store. This sweet -.
grant balm dissolves by the h.s,
of the nOstrils; penetrates and Raj,
the infiamed, swollen membren'
which lines the nose, head snS
throat; clears the air pasxs ga..
stops nasty discharges and A 49,
ing Of cleansing, soothing ysN.,
comes Immediately.
Don't lie awake tonight strr,.
Cling for breath. with head sturs9
nostrils closed, hawking and blow
ing. Catarrh or a cold, with \,
running nose, foul mucus dropu,nS
into the throat, and raw drvnss,
is distressing, but truly needless
Put your faith-just once-Ir
''Ely's Cream Balm" and your c,S
or catarrh will surely disappear.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-05
FLETCHER AND BARRETT
SPEAKERS AT EXPOSITION

KNOXVILLE. Oct. 4.-Senator Dun
can L. Fletcher. of FLORIDA, president
Of the Southern Commercial Con-
gress, and John Barrett, director Of
the Pan-AmeriCan Union, spoke It
the National Conservation EXposi-
tion today at the Pan-American Gel
ebration.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-05
Mixed With Sulphur Makes Hair
Soft and Luxuriant and
Removes Dandruff.

The time mixture OF Sage
Tea and Sulphur for 6arkeung
gray, streaked and faded hair is
coming in vogue again. says Well
known downtown druggist. Il was
our grandmothers' treatment, and
hundreds OF women and men. too,
are again using il TO keep their
hair a good even color. which is
quite sensible, as we are living IN
an age when a youthful appearance
IL Of the greatest advantage.
Nowadays. though. We don't have
the troublesome task of gathering
the sage and the mussy mixing at
home All drug stores sell the
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-05
Ny Cleansing, Healing Balm In
stantly Clears Nose, Head and
Throat-Stops Nasty Catarrhal
Discharges. Dull Headache Goes.
Try "Ely's Cream Balm

Try "Ely's Cream Balm
Get a small bottle anyway just
to try it-Apply little in the nos
trils and instantly your clogged nose
and stopped-up air passages Of the
head will open; you will breathe
freely; dullness and headache dis
appear BY morning! the catarrh,
cold-in- head or catarrhal sore
throat will be gone.
End such misery now! Get the
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-05
EARTHQUAKE SHAKES
ZONE On EVE Of END
Of PANAMA LABORS
Number of Persons Are Reported
Killed From Failing of Buildings,
but Canal Officials Declare the
Work Has Not Been Damaged

COLON, PANAMA Oct 4.-Another severe earthquake
shock this evening felt throughout the Canal Zone and
rest Of Panama In intensity believed to have rvaled
emors of several days ago Canal Zone officials again promptly
denied of damage to the canal From interior points
that number of persons killed by falling
buildings At Santa Marta twelve said have crushed
to death by the collapse of church adjoining public
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-28
BACK TO MINISTRY.
Hodges, Santa Fe Foreman, Like Pet
er, Has Call to Preach.

A. r. Hodges, general foreman
boiler department, Santa Fe shops,
resigns today to engage in the work
of the ministry.
Mr.. Hodges was born in Texas II
years ago, and began as an apprentice
to learn the boilermaker trade in the
year of 1884. He graduated in 1889
and was made assistant foreman of
the boiler shop before he reached the
age of 10. In the winter of 1929, he
located in Marshall, Texas. working
at his trade until 1899. In December,
1895 he was converted and felt that
G cd had called him to preach the gos-
pei. Being unprepared theologically,
he took a four years course of study
for the ministry, and was
later an ordained elder in the Metho-
dist Episcopal church.