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Spring is essentially the season OF
he Vanderbilt. The call OF the open
is particularly appealing at the time
when nature is busy re1uyenating the
earth The spirit of unrest that for
weeks has been inwardiy fermenting
bursts forth boldly in April or May
and demands change Of scene and
thought.
trip is the instant suggestion.
and the problem then is TO combine In
tsrest. entertainment and comfort.
My own decision made az 10 where
should seek this mental and physical
tonic. called in al No. As Broadway
and found that 2 goodly number OF
other folks apparently were OF Ike
mind for the passenger list represent
ed nearly every state in the Union.
sos being blase traveller, as Man
hattan's profile. like huge broken
tooth comb. sank dimly into the wild
entng waters. | felt mildly depressed
until the band struck up aAlexander's
Ragtime, when ny spirit OF adven-
ture revived and rejcfced that ! was
Oh my way to the digtant and unique.
The voyage was remarkable as TO
weather conditions. None Of us was
Obliged to seek the seelusion our
cabins afforded even on the choppy
Caribbean somebody put It.:
Though cur sea-Iegs might wobbie,
We we're able TO gobbIe" OF course
this WAS partially due to the fact the
August Wilhelm" of the Hamburg
American line vas especially design
ed for "steadinegs" and the food adapt
ed To the southern route Still 1t must
be admitted that Neptune was extra.
ordinarily gracious
Most Of us fetched work along
reading. writing, or embroidery, and
each started out blithely ON the IL
luxurious role, only TO speedily drop
the pretense and reyel in the mere
JOY o. living. Our one exertion was
the brlsk mile constitutional "a dozen
Or 80 times around the deck) after
each meal which ia absolutely neces
sary fer physical Welfare on ship
board There was likewise shuttle
board. tennis, and dancing in the
evening for those sufficiently ener
getic.
According to schedule we reached
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six taken through the Pacific and Cen.
trail divisions OF the canal in one OF
the official railway automobiles. We
were accompanied by an exceedingly
interesting and instructive young man,
member of the corps OF engineers,
who explained the marvellous mechan-
ical mysteries to us-mysteries in the
immensity OF their application il not
as basic principles.
I'm going to say right here that /
shan't attempt any technical descrip-
ton OF the canal. could tell you of
subway" chambers there are two,
1000 feet long and ITO feet wide, for
each set of locks) through which cars
the height OF an average six-story
building could roll; OF mitered gates I
feet thick which will open and close
obediently as the doors in your own
house; CT the 'Spillway" a manufac-
tured Niagara Ito carry off. surplus
water from Gatun Lake,, OF the nine
miles through Culebra Cut where
mountains have been reduced to mole
hills,-but you will unconsciously ad-
just the mental picture to a familiar
setting and forget that this GROWING
achievement of constructive genius is
thousands of miles away from its
main sources OF supply in the heart OF
a jungle where a decade ago pestil-
ence lurked stealthily in dank I'M
dergrowth topped by deceptively al
Turing tropical trees. Mems fever
scared bodies might rot in the swamp
but the path to their graves was
gorgeous with brilliant blossoms.
AS the big Job" is reckoned not
by the clock or calendar but by cubic
yards Of dirt. excavated ii win not do
to ignore the prodigious steam SHOW
els POSSIBLY descendants of Alice in
Wonderland's "Jabberwocks") which
burrow with pendulous exactness in
to the solid earth and, as moderate
mouthfuls, spew into the cars ateng.
side four or five tons Of rock and de-
post. Really. though, the big bench
cranes are more ingenius for In che
process they scoop up several hogs
heads of sand, mix It with cement,
and place the dough in molds to
harden. More spectacular still are
the track Shutters" which pick up
rails and ties neat as a pin and set
them down where desired for the ap-
preaching train to rumble securely
over. But Of all devices, the most In
significant in outward appearance
commanding my greatest respect be-
cause it has been Of the most vital
benefit-the hand-pump with which
the Mosquito Patrol" sprays steriliz-
ing crude oil wherever disease or its
carriers breed $4,000 was appropriate
ed in 1911, for this single phase of
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for Panama ID = city Of contrasts.
And did you ever see the ~fanaily
wash- dangling from pegs driven into
the outsids street walls OF the build.
Iin8s while the pig and parrot squeal-
ed and squawked from the rarlor.-
Most amazing. the upper portion Of
this same house might likely be occu-
pied by a wellto-do-famiiy, With moth
ing in common with their lowly neigh
bors.
Except in the most exclusive resi-
Dental district crudity and culture
jostle each other everywhere, but II
my description suggest repelient
squalor have missed the subtle
something that converts the primitive
and peculiar into the picturesque.
The houses uniformly are of crum-
bling grey cement or stone in the old
Spanish straight facade style Of archi-
lecture with coquettiah balconies iut-
ting out over the narrow streets. Ones
Imagination readily conjures up black
eyed senoritas peeping siyly through
latticed ratings at impassioned trou-
badors below. Be this as 1t may, the
balconies are responsible for the uD-
popularity OF rubberized coats and UNI
brellas in region addicted to rainy
seasons for If caught in a shower all
one has to do is to hug the side OF a
builling until 1t clears. A native told
me that the sun licks up the moisture
30 rapidly that in ten minutes after a
deluge the streets are dry-But you
can't prove 1t by me for didn't I'M
furl my umbrella while on the trip.
The shops ! cannot enthuse much
over from my superficial inspection,
but remember that Panama is getting
into step from every angle. Why in
1904 there was but one porcelain bath
tub in the city-at the Hotel Cen
trale-where it was not used but
proudly displayed az a novelty! This
is not a reflection on the cleanliness
Of representative Panamans eight
years ago for bowl and pitcher are
effective II not expeditions. It's simp.
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ly typical Custom has now deprived
the tub Of its former distinction.
Speaking Of contrasts again,--dods.
Ing the ponderous antics Of dancing
bear who had usurped portion OF
Ayenida Centrale sidewalk, took
refuge in the prim and trim office OF
guest but you can't; the Scranton
international School of Correspond
ence. Watching the shifting throng
| drift by OF fatalistic Spaniards, no.
madic Portuguese, inscrutable Mon
golians, fanatic Hindus, tempermental
Italians, clannish Greeks, pensive Sy-
rians. volatile Negroes and miscellane-
GUS mongrels, | said to the alert
young man In charge. You have pref
ty much all kinds here, haven't you?"
Well" he tentatively responded, II
haven't seen an Esquimau yet but /
expect to any day"
Future is Guess.
Just what the future OF Panama
City will be it is difficult to conjec.
ture. Possibly fashionable health
resort. This is not a joke. The eli
mate is uniquely equable. For in
stance, the 5 a. m. temperature at
/ Tiyoli Hotel in March, 1912, ranged
70 TO 81 and in June, 1912, from 73 to
80. In the evening there's always
cool breeze from the mountains. The
night spent at the Tivoli slept I'M
der lightweight blanket
Prior to my yisit, canal history be-
gan vaguely in my mind with the de-
Lesseps venture, whereas, as you un.
doubtedly know, 1t has been over four
hundred years in the making-almost
from the discovery of the Pacific In
! 1913 by our old school friend Balboa
for follower of his soon afterward
outlined some rough plan Of water.
way across the Isthmus after "hoof
ing" IT from shore to shore. And
from then on, Spain, England, Portu-
, gal, France, have all attacked the
idea. directly or indirectly, and failed.
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Al lAst. AFTER the close Of the Span
ish-Aner1can War. the United States
declared its definite purpose Of un-
oertaking IN ocean to ocean canal
and entered into 4 treaty with Great
Britain providing equal terms for its
use by all nations, whatever route
might be chosen Immediately the
new" French Company iorganized in
1881 offered TO sell to the United
States all its rights and equipment
on the Isthmus for $4,000. 900, which
purchase was made. Subsequently
when Panama seeded from Colombia
and established itself as 4 republic
the United States obtained from It
one hundred-year lease, with renewal
option OF the Canal Zone" strip OF
land five miles wide on each side OF
the ditch with exclusive control of
police, judicial, sanitary and other
civic departments. For this Panama
received $4,000. 900 cash and the
promise Of annual payments Of $780,
600 to commence In nine years from 4
fixed date.
In lsD3 President Roosevelt ap-
pointed an Isthnian Canal Commits
sion to take charge of the government
OF the territory thus acquired and su.
perintend the construction Of the
canal, which, owing in a great degree
to his determination, was decided to
be of the lock" type. And in addi-
ton to the initial expense OF fifty mil
lions above mentioned, Uncle Sam
has since dug into his jeans to the
tune of about three hundred million
dollars.
The first two or three years OF
American management were consum-
ed in making the Isthmus habitable
by clearing lands, draining and filing
swamps, constructing reservoirs, in
stalling sewerage system and laying
out roads. Over 1000 buildings were
erected for offices, hospitals, store
houses and living quarters besides re-
pairing some 1900 houses taken over
from the French Company. Yet with
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all this preparation and under the d.
rection Of eminent and scholarly engi-
neers who performed splendid and
permanent work, the titanic task pro-
ceeded In a spasmodic fashion until
President Roosevelt was convinced
that the responsibility must be placed
with men "in the service" trained to
stick" through thick and thin. In
the course Of events this responsible
ity concentrated In the chairman of
the commission, OF whom / shall
speak a little later.
BY a special dispensation OF Proyi-
dence ! was invited to join party OF
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oref IN his roqufrsments equally with
the heads Of departments.
AZ czistobal Point, identified By the
statue Of Columbus and the Indian
Maid, stAnds the old deIesseps hcuse
now used Al IN administration build
ing; and couldn't help wondering
IL the prophetic Frenchman's ghost
ever Eanders inqussitiveIy through
the quiet corridors at night compar-
ing notes Of the active present with
the abortive past to which, In the way
OF surveys and plans, the United
States owes respectful admiration and
appreciation
The forty-nine miles from Colon to
Panama City We made by rail- in about
two and half hours and although We
had doped It out lucidly on our maps
1t still was puzziing to think that the
nearer We got to the west coast the
further east we actually we're. It's
perfectly simple, OF course, IL one
bears in mind that the Isthmus runs
nearly east and west and that the
canal traverses it from Colon on the
north to Panama on the south In a
general direction of northwest to
southesat.-the Pacific terminal OF
the Panama railway (which follows
the "ditch"1 accordingly being some
twenty-five miles east Of the Atlantic
starting point.
Panama. the PORT q Progress.
Contrary to Colon, Panama City is
mellow, quaint and fascinating. In
congruous-yes-for who would ex-
pect to see the main office of a lot
terry company jauntily preening itself
from the ground floor OF the bishops
palace diagonally across the Plaza
from the grand Cathedral? Natural
" no opprohium attaches to this gam.
bling enterprise and both church and
state CLEAN handsome revenue from
1t, Where else could one saunter by
the guards into the sunshiny counrt-
yard of the penitentiary and listen
to tagged guest" nonchalanrsy
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tvansins the strings OF a guitar be-
meath the langrid branches of a royal
palm ?-Nevertheless there are barred
windows on every side and beyond
them perhaps darkness and despair
The Washington herald., 1913-12-12
GALLERY DEFIES
RULES OF HOUSE
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.

man is true" replied Hobson. Every
straight hquor man and every straight
liquor paper in Alabama is lined up IKE
stone wall behind him, and the moral
element Of our State can not be deceived
by any such explanation"
Mr.. Hobson concluded with diatrioe
against the liquor traffic. He was fol-
lowed by Representative Bartholdt'' OF
Missouri. who decried prohibition.
On Wednesday Mr.. Hobson and Repre-
sentative Donovan, OF Connecticut, near
ly came TO blows. They had more trouble
yesterday at the conclusion OF Mr.. Hoo-
sons speech. Mr.. Hobson requested that
he be given permission to revise ana ex-
tend his remarks.
81 object to granting any such privilege
to a member of the House who Is never
present" said Mr.. Donovan. Mr.. Hob
son draws his salary as member or
the House, but he is never here Mr..
Speaker, you know the gentleman Is
never here"
Speaker Clark, who had returned TO
the chair, ruled Mr.. Donovan out of
order. THE Speaker knows some things
that he doesn't talk about" said Mr..
Clark.
Mr. Donovan dropped into his seat, but
Immediately demanded recognition, say
ing: Doesn't the Speaker know that Mr..
Hobson is never present." he asked. The
Speaker raped for order, glanced warn
ingly at Mr. Donovan, and then turned
to the sergeant at arms. Mr.. Donovan
then subsidized.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-12
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTION
IS URGED AT HEARING

An unexpected hearing was accorded to
temperance workers yesterday, when
Representative Hobson appeared at the
room of the House Judiciary Committee,
accompanied by a score or more dele
gates of the w. c. 7. U. and the Anti
Saloon League.
Mr.. Hobson asked the committee to
give the White Ribboners twenty minutes
to talk about his resolution for nation
wide prohibition. but SO elouent did the
speakers become that the hearing con-
tinued almost an hour.
Among those who urged the committee
to report out the Hohson resolution
were Representative Hobson. p. F. Baker,
president of the Anti-Saloon League: DR..
Rufus w. Miller, OF the Temperance Fed
Grafton of the Conference OF Churches;
Mrs. Lillian NJ. N. Stevens, presi-
dent Of the w. c. 7. u, and Mrs. Mary
Harris Armor. the Georgia Cyclone"
ALI of the speakers insisted. that the
time had arrived for national recognition
of the prohibition issue in order that
liquor might be eradicated at one blow.
The visit of the temperance advocates
broke into the committees program to
resume consideration of trust bills, and
the trust question went over for the day.
The annual meeting of the Anu-Saloou
League of the District WIN be held this
afternoon at Wesley NJ. Z. Church. Elec-
ton of officers will take place and an
nual reports will be read. At 7:30
o'clock tonight a mass meeting will be
held at the church.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-12
LOW WARNS AGAINST
FEDERAL RAILROADS
President of National Civic Federation
Addresses Fourteenth Annual
Meeting of that Body.

New York, Dec. Ii.-Sharp warning
against Federal control OF railroads was
sounded today In IN address before the
fourteenth annual meeting OF the Ma
tional Civic Federation by Seth Low,
president of that organization. This
warning was directed to the government,
TO the employees of the railroads. to the
national investors and the American
travelling public.
Mr.. Low says that investigation has
shown him that in Europe the earnings
OF aforementioned railways barely
equal the amounts paid out by Ameri-
can railways In taxes. The freight rates
abroad are higher. but the passenger
rates are generally lower. this latter fact
arising from the large number of per-
sons who travel third-class. he asserted
The argument against the natlonalIza-
ton Of the railroads is so strong that IL
IS worth while to try to think why one
should give II serious consideration" said
Mr.. Low.
Railroads that are publicly owned have
available for wages only such sums as
are appropriated by law. In a country Of
tn vast extent Of the United States II
VIII always be difficult to secure any
change in wages, as established by law
when they have once been fixed, Work.
ing conditions also will then be much
more difficult TO change than when the
roads are under private MANAGEMENT
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The Washington herald., 1913-12-12
QUICKLY STOPS
WORST BACkACHE
Makes Kidney, Bladder Disorders and
Rheumatic Pains Vanish.

If YOU suffer with backaching kidney
trouble; have disagreeable bladder and
urinary disorders, or are tortured with
rheumatism, stiff joints and heart
wrenching pains, you will be surprised
how quickly and surely Croxone viii
relieve all such misery.
It soaks right in through the walls,
membranes, and Innings, cleans out and
strengthens the stopped up organs.
neutralizes, dissolves, and makes the
kidneys sift out and filter away the
uric acid and poisons from the blood,
and leaves the kidneys and urinary or
gans, clean, strong, active. and healthy.
It matters not how long you have
suffered; how old you are, or what You
have tried. 1t is practically impossible
to take Croxone without results, for it
starts to work the minute you take it..
II you suffer with pains in the back
or sides: If you are nervous. tired, and
run down; bothered with urinary dis
orders, or have any signs of kidney,
bladder troubles or rheumatism, don't
spend another needless day suffering.
Secure an original package OF Crox-
one today. and prove for yourself right
now, as thousands of others have done.
just how quickly 1t viii end your mis-
cry.
croxone is inexpensive. and every
druggist IL authorized to return the
purchase price II It fails In single
case.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-12
News Nuggets from
Telegraph and Cable

Mao Morocco, Dec. n.-Fifteen French
men were killed and twenty-five were
wounded today, including a captain and
lieutenant, when a French column attack
ing the Moors captured the town Of
Aingalaska.
Passiac, N J., Dec 1.-two Washers
before Judge Costello were each fined SIS
per ogle. Another paid an additional
SO for an equal speech"
Chicago, Dec 1T saw him first"
shouted each Of five hold-up artists who
watched Frank McCulom, of Rochelle,
ILL.,, farmer, uncover a $40 roll in a res
taurant early today.
McCullom yelled for the police while
the five fought over the distribution of
the $40. Arthur Williams, who argued
too long, was captured.
Omaha, Neb., Dec. 1.-THE run which
threatened the City National Of Omaha
the first three days of this week had
apparently entirely disappeared when
the bank opened for business this morn
ing.
Chicago, Dec. 1.-THE United States
government has seized and destroyed the
current weekly bulletin of the Chicago
nealIn department Inc DdCk page OF the
bulletin bore a reproduction of a photo
graph of the reverse side of a silver
dollar. Reproducing a likeness of any
coin subjects offenders to a fine of 800.
New York, Dec. 1.-THE poisoned
needle" gasped Alice Best as she stag
gered out of a big department store.
But she wouldn't show her arm. Poison
ed imagination" said the police.
Cerebere, France, Dec. 1.-THE engine
room workers and firemen Of the Span
ish steamer Alfonso XII of the tran
Atlantic line mutinied and attacked the
officers on the voyage from Corunna to
Cadiz, according to a dispatch received
here. The men were overpowered after
a desperate fight. -
The Washington herald., 1913-12-12
CRITICISEs ROADS SYSTEM.
Logan w. Page Would Replace
Petty Politicians with Engineers.

Logan w. Page Would Replace
Petty Politicians with Engineers.
Boston, Mass, Dec. n.-That the prob
lem Of ousting the petty politician from
his position as dictator Of road building
and maintenance is a vital problem, was
the assertion of Logan w. Page, director
Of the Bureau of Public Roads, Depart
ment of Agriculture. this afternoon in an
address before the National Civil Service
Reform League
There are $500, 600 miles Of roads in
America, he said, and upon them an an
nual expenditure of approximately S20O,-
OOo, 900 is made. He stated, as a conserva-
tive estimate, that 10000 officials have to
deal with the management of these roads,
and characterized as inefficient the en-
ployment of so many administrative
executives.
He suggested as remedy for the
present inefficient system that strict civil
service legislation applicable to the en-
tire road system in each State should be
enforced, which, he said, would result in
an annual saving Of at least sSO,0Oo,Ooo.
The Washington herald., 1913-12-12
TAFT SAYS 7. R. SEEKS
TO DESTROY BENCH
Former President Sees Attack on In
dependence Of judiciary in
CoIonePs Attitude.
SUPPORTS WILSON ON MEXICO

New York, Dec. 11.-Former President
William H. Taft. lecturing before the
New York Peace Society tonight, accused
former President Theodore Roosevelt of
seeking to destroy the Independence of
the judiciary and demoralize the admins
tration of justice in two continents.
Taft also eulogized Senator Elihu Root,
as a second Alexander Hamilton and
Thomas Jefferson, and pledged his sup
port to President Wilson in his policy
OF nonintervention in Mexico. Mr.. Taft
had been arguing for the maintenance
of the Monroe doctrine when he sud
denly broke forth with:
Il am glad that Mr.. Roosevelt in his
visit to those countries Brazil and Ar
gentina) has sought to impress them
with the view of the Monroe doctrine
that i have expressed Qaughter). In
deed, he would have helped them and U.S.
too, far more IL he had confined his
teachings and lectures to explanations
and limitations OF the Monroe doctrine,
and had not sought to destroy the in
dependence of the judiciary and demon
alize the administration OF justice in
two continents.
Supports Wilson Attitude.
As to the attitude he thought the
United States should assume in Mexico
the former President said:
Anarchy seems to reign Intervention
by force means the expenditure of
enormous sums from our. Treasury; loss
of most valuable lives, and the dragging
out of a tedious war against guerrillas
in a tractless country. All those of us
who are not in the government can do
is to support the President and Secre-
tary of State and present TO the European
powers and the world solid front. Such
a policy will relieve us from an unlawful
burden, for in spite of conditions in Mex
leo, the situation illustrates the influence
of the Monroe doctrine upon the atti-
tude of the European powers, which, in
spite of injury to property and persons
of their nations, look to the United States
as a guide whom they are willing to fol-
low
The Washington herald., 1913-12-12
Movements of Ocean Steamships.

New York, Dec. 1L-Arrived: Pion.
Liverpool; Excelsior, Shields.
SafIed-Esperanza for Hamburg, Taor-
nina for Naples, st. Anna for Naples,
Colon for Colon, Prince Sigusmund for
Inagua.
The steamer Mauretania, Liverpool for
New York, reported when T03 miles east
of Sandy Hook at a. IN. today. She
will dock about a. m. Friday.
The steamer California, Glasgow for
New York, reported to Cape Race, when
ms miles east of Sandy Hook at mid
night. She will dock about 12:SO p. m.
Sunday.
The steamer Russia, Dibau via Halifax.
for New York, reported to Siasconset
today. She will dock about 1:So p. m.
Friday.