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Evening star., 1914-07-12

In accord with a new theory. but It's fal-
lacy was quickly proved in tonight's ex-
periments.
Plan to Hurry Tests.
Further changes to the Americas hull
are to be made at once and the trials
continued at top speed.
The drift-recording instruments con-
structed by Mr.. Sperry for the America
were tested by him today In nydfo-
aeroplane trip with Lieut.. Towers.
Little trouble should be experienced
with the Americas compasses on her
proposed fight. according to Capt. Creagh
Osborne. a British admiralty expert, VINO
declared today there is less local attrac-
tion in the America to disturb the ac-
curacy of the compasses carried than IN
any other boat he ever saw.
Evening star., 1914-07-12
Conciliators in Textile Strike.

Secretary Wilson has named Herman
Robinson Of New York and w. w. Hus-
band of the bureau of immigration con-
ciliators to try to end the strike of LOO
textile mill workers in Atlanta, Ca
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Evening star., 1914-07-12
Confederate Soldiers Diary.

WOulu IKE 10 llnQ the owner OIL a
diary picked up on the field" Mrs. Du-
Hamel said. 1.-The name of C. R. Ma son.
jr.. inscribed In it is followed by the ad-
dress. 'staunton, Augusta county. Vir-
ginia,' and the words. In the c. S. A
and is a small black book, written in with
pencil, which has become faded and
rubbed from handling.
81 remember conditions In Washington
fifty years ago today very we'll DR.. Du-
Hamel came home at about his usual
hour. IL or 1 O'Clock, and said. There
has been fight at Brightwood.' He went
on:
The Confederates were there but
they have gone now. I saw Lincoln
there, too. ! was near him. Here is a
hole in my coat sleeve where spent
ball passed through, which you might
have to fix for me.
THE 9Th Corps has driven Early
back. They won't need the government
department clerks and the men from
the navy yard now to defend the city.
They have plenty Of men.
Thousands of Spectators.
Thousands of citizens had gone out
to Brightwood to view the conflict, Mrs.
DuHamel said. DR.. DuHamel stood with
Mr.. Koontz and a Mr.. White, attaches
of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, in one
Of the forts guarding the approaches from
the north They We're with two soldiers.
The Confederate sharpshooters sighted
the party and fired. Almost simul-
taneously the two soldiers fell dead.
Eventually all non-combatants' were
forced to the rear. By the evening of
July 12 the Confederates were within
two miles of Fort Lincoln. on the
Bladensburg road. Their skirmishers
We're less than half that distance from
Fort Stevens.
The booming of cannon resounded
along the northern and northeastern
borders of the District. Mrs. DuHamel
said the day was one to be remembered.
The shells from the Confederates' guns
could be seen bursting in the air to the
southwark of Fort Stevens, Fort Slocum
and Fort Totten. The rattle of musketry
was continuous.
The I'd District Regiment held the
line between Fort Stevens and Fort
Slocum and for two days had made a
gallant defense against Gen. Early's
men. Eventually the 9Th Army Corps
drove his forces off Nearly 700 men
were lost in all in the two days fight
ing. By the 18th the Confederates had
withdrawn. followed by the 9Th Corps
About 100 wounded Confederate off,
GERS and men were left at the residence
of Francis P. Blair. ST.. near Bright
wood
Evening star., 1914-07-12
Memories of Stirring Times.

She told a reporter for The Star last
night a story of the stirring days.
n1ty years ago. when the capital was in
TACT beleagured city. with Gen.
Early's Confederates surrounding it,
and with the population in fear and
trembling until Grant. before Peters
ourg, sent Gen. Wright with the 6th
army Corps of the Union forces to save
the capital
Dr. DuHamel died In 1883 after having
oeen White House physician in the ad-
ministrations of President Buchanan and
PRESIDENT johnson. He lived and died
at 33S Indiana avenue. where five gen
erations of the family had lived During
the civil war he served as acting assist :
ant surgeon and was one or the few
surgeons known to have been on the field
at the "battle of Fort Stevens
Mrs DuHamel said her husband al
ways alluded to the battle as a skirmish.
although history shows the situation of
the capital to have been serious. Gen.
Early's attack important and the loss in
killed and wounded during the fighting
considerable. The 9Th Army Corps lost
$50 men.
Evening star., 1914-07-12
Diary Left Behind by Confed-
crate Soldier Picked Up by
Mrs. e. H. DuHameI.
WOULD WILLINGLY RETURN
TO OWNER, C. R. MASON, JR.
Tells of Stirring Days When EARLY
Attacked Washington-Husband
Had Clothes Shot Through.

The battle of Fort stevens-the
only battle at which a President of the
United States has been present-took
place just fifty years ago today in the
vicinity of what is now Brightwood
On this anniversary Washington
woman. Mrs. Elizabeth Hill DuHamel,
whose husband was present during the
fight and who was herself present on
the battlefield the second day. is seek
ing to ascertain the whereabouts or to
become acquainted with the heirs of
one c. r. Mason, jr., who was a Con-
federate soldier. and whose pocket
diary she found among the relics of
those who fought for the possession of
the capital of the United States.
Mrs. DuHamel is the widow Of DR..
w. ]. c. DuHamel. acting assistant
surgeon in the Union army. She lives
at the Olympia apartment house. 14th
and Euclid streets northwest, with her
daughters.
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mile. The disable part Of each lock is
1000 feet long, and there are three in
fight.
In each of the outside walls and in
the center wall tunnels eighteen feet
in diameter were constructed for use
in filing and emptying the locks with
water during the processes of raising
and lowering ships, Smaller tunnels
run out from these main longitudinal
tunnels, under the floors Of the locks.
with openings through which the water
Is turned into or withdrawn from the
lock chamber by gravitation. Valves
operated by electricity regulate the
flow Of the water. The water for
operating the locks starts from the
Gatun lake and flows through the tun-
nels down grade through the three locks
until itofnally is used in the lowest
lock- when it is spilled into the sea
level channelo1G nciJaaAsavri ls jE'
I aTlyb Ito Be Continued)i .d sag
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! York, on its-way. TO San, Francisco, en-
tiers the sea level channel in Limon
bay and steams for seven miles
through the canal, which is 500 feet
wide and forty7one feet deep. to Gatun,
Here its way is barred by a massive
pile of masonry with impressive steel
gates, and towering eighty-fve feet
above the ship is the surface8of the
Gatun lake. To theswest\ of the ship
runs the man made mountain, the
Gatun dam, which holds the lake in
bounds. The problem, is to lift the
ship ito this lake. 4 fs& lA ea..
AS If by magic, the gates swing open,
and an electric locomotive. which has
run out on guide wull and fastened
to the ship. tows it into the first lock.
The gates swing together, and the, ship
is imprisoned in a chamber 1000 feet
long and 40 feet wide and built Of
concrete In a moment the water in
this chamber begins to rise, being sup
piled through holes in the bottom. and
the ship rises with the water. ~ O
Fifteen minutes after entering the
lock the ship has risen with the water
for twenty seven and one-half feet. IL
the full, capacity for filling the lock
should be used the ship would rise
that height in eight minutes Another
set Of gates swing open in front Of
the ship. and the locomotives tow 1t
into the second lock, concrete cham
Der Of the same dimensions, The gates
having closed behind, this chamber be-
gins filing with water until the ship
is raised again for twenty seven and
~one-half feet n, A third set of gates
open, and the ship is towed into the
final lock. where the operation is re-
peated with rise of thirty feet. or
a total lift for the three locks of
eighty-five feet. When the gates In
front swing open the ship steams out
into the Gatun lake. The time spent
in climbing eighty-fve feet was an
hour and Il half.
For sixteen miles through this lake
the ship steams in a channel 1000 feet
wide, for four miles in a channel 800
. LCCC W40C C1110 4O4 IAACO LILIES III q
channel 800 feet wide. or twenty-three
miles in ALL Then it enters the famous
Culebra cut, which is 300 feet wide
through the continental mountain d.
vide and nine miles long. At the end
Of the cut is the Pedro Miguel lock.
thirty-two miles from Gatun.
After entering this lock. which es-
sentially is the same as the ones on
the Atlantic side, the ship goes through
the reverse of the process at Gatun.
The water in the concrete chamber be-
gins falling. taking the ship down with
it. When it has fallen thirty feet the
gates in front open and the ship goes
out into another artificial lake, mile
and half long, at the end of which
are the Mirafores locks. These two
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locks lower the ship twenty-seven and
a half feet each. or a total fer the three
locks of eighty-five feet, which was the
height the ship was raised on the other
side. The ship then steams through
a sea level channel for seven miles to
the Pacific. having made the whole
journey from deep water in the At
lantic to deep water in the Pacific,
fifty miles. in ten hours.
At both ends the locks are built in
pairs or twins, so that ships going
in opposite directions may pass
through them simultaneously, A wall
sixty feet thick separates the locks,
and if one set should become disabled
the adjoining set still would be avail
able for passage. The time required
for ship to mount the three locks on
one side and descend the three locks on
the other side is three hours.
On the Atlantic side the locks at
Gatun are connected and constitute
one solid piece of masonry. On the
Pacific side the lock at Pedro Miguel
is separated from the two locks at Mi
raflores by small lake a mile and a
half long. This lake, like the great
Gatun lake. is formed by damn1ing riv-
ers. A dam at the Pedro Miguel lock.
which is the first lock encountered go
ing toward the Pacific. holds the wa
tiers of Gatun lake from spilling down
the Pacific slope.
Chief Engineer Stevens began the
excavations in the Gatun and Pedro
Miguel lock sites in 1905 shortly after
the decision was made for lock type
canal. but most Of the excavation and
all of the concrete laying have been
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Accepted By Cable;
" Married in Atlanta

Atlanta, Jan. 5-Chief Gun
n e r William Williamson, t h e
Jackie" who made love to his
sweetheart by cable from all over
the world, and finally persuaded
her to marry him, is comfortably
ensconced with his bride in a
snug cottage in Atlanta, with
winter roses blooming at the
door. His sea.faring days are
over, and his lot is the envy of
all his former Jack-tar friends
who come to visit him.
Mrs. Williamson was formerly
Miss Edith Isabella Donald. She
and Williamson were childhood
sWeethea1ts. who parted when
William was seventeen and went
off to seek his fortune. He cir
cled the world more than once in
Uncle Sans battleships, and saw
the beautiful women of all ma
tons, but his heart remained true
to his American Sweetheart. He
was in Japan when she finally
agreed by cablegram to be his
wife, and they were married in
Atlanta on Thursday.
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N ~ - v" mgIT#f. I#TF"I INE
Editor Rainey Urged /
10 Succeed 8 himself.

Atlanta, Jan. 8.-Newspaper
men throughout the state are urg-
ing Col. E. L. Rainey of the pris-
on commission to stand for re-
election to succeed himself at the
coming primary. Col. Rainey
himself newspaper editor, head
of the Dawson News, one OF the
best known semi-weeklY papers in
the south, was appointed member
of the prison board to fill the
vacancy caused by death OF the
late lamented Wiley Williams OF
Columbus.
It is considered practically Ger.
tain that Col. Rainey will be 8
candidate to succeed himself. He
has received letters from friends
and fellow newspaper men all over
the state asking him to do so.
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done under Colonel aGoethals. II. was
necessary to remove about 100000
cubic yards of rock and earth from
the site Of the three locks at Gatun to
prepare a foundation for the tremen-
deasly.-heaEy structure. Careful Dor
ings had been made to ascertain if a
suitable, foundation could be found
there. S
h On Aug. "a. 1909. the first concrete
was laid in the Gatun lock site. Rock
Of desirable kind for use in making
the concrete as we'll as sand could not
be found in the canal zone, and expert
sinents along the coast showed that at
Porto Bello,. twenty miles east of
Colon. good rock could he quarried.
and sand was discovered in suitable
quantities and quality at Nombre de
Dios, forty miles east of Colon, These
two places are the oldest on the 18TH
mus. Columbus having been there. in
1902 NY it-i]- Lt}!ltH 0'3it'iit8i3.
Rock crushing began at Porto Bello
on March 2. 1900 If all the rock and
sand removed from Porto Bello and
Eombre de Dios were placed in barges
separated by the usual distances in a
tow they would reach from Colon to
New Orleans, or 1900 miles. This ma
terial was towed to Colon and thence
through the old French canal to
Gatun. Here it was unloaded by ma
chinery and stored conveniently for
the concrete mixing Dlant.
All the machinery and equipment for
building the locks were designed on a
scale commensurate with the unprece
dented size of the structures. Eight
giant mixers were fed with rock. sand
and cement by cars operated by cleo
tricity. the finished product coming
from each Of the mixers at the rate of
sixty-four cubic feet for each complete
operation. 5a HUNGi#
To get the concrete into place four
cableways suspended across the lock
site on towers eighty-fve feet high
were installed. Electrically operated
cars brought the concrete to these
towers, where great buckets were fill
ed. These buckets then were run up
to the cables and out on the cables to
given point, where they were lower,
ed and the concrete dumped into the
proper position. k
After the floors of the locks had been
laid the walls were built in the usual
manner Of erecting steel forms, which
were removed when the concrete had
hardened At Gatun the walls Of the
locks were built in sections thirty-six
feet long and Joined together, on the
idea that such construction would have
less tendency to settle and crack than
If it were built in one solid. continuous
wall. This may be appreciated when it
is understood that at Gatun the locks
form a concrete wall about $500 feet
long, or considerably more than half a
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CHAPTER xI.
Wonderful Locks and Dams.

! Wonderful Locks and Dams.
! n N elevator system for ships is be-
N ing installed at Panama at
~ cost Of $5S,o00,00O. These ele-
vators, known as locks. will
raise ships to and lower them from the
great artificial inland lake which is
eighty-f1ve feet above sea level.
There are six locks on the Atlantic
side and six on the Pacific side, at
each end of the Gatun lake.
A ship arriving at Colon from New
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Newark post., 1914-09-02

for the hall the New Century Clup
Of Harrington two settees; Mrs;
John W. Shelldrake, a chair, all OF
these being Colonial pieces. Inc
New Century Club of Milton gave
a COPY of "The Harvest Moon TO
hang is the hall. A mantel clock,
GLASS with brass mountings, IS the
oft of Avon Club of FELTON,, ana
Mrs William Belts gave a PAIR OF
brass candlesticks. A piano is an
other gift that is needed, or the col
lege would be glad to have one loan
ed for time. :, ,
The infrmary is being furnished
nv Mrs, William p. Bancroft OF the
advisory committee appointed last
spring bv Hon. Preston Lea, presl-
dent of the Board Of Trustees. The
superintendent of Delaware Hos
pital selected all the appointments
Several dormitory rooms are to
be furnished by clubs and mdlvid-
nails. Mrs. E. Tatnall Warner fur
inches a room in honor OF her Alma
Mater, to be known as Nassar room
The women s clubs of Newark, Md
dletown, and Georgetown and the
w. c.. Y. u. of each county furnish
rooms. and the Delaware State
Equal Suffrage Association an
nounces that it will furnish a room
A flag for the college has been
presented by the Jr. O. U. A. M. OF
Newark.
The formal opening Of the Affil-
lated College and inauguration Of
President Mitchell will be a memor-
able event at Delaware. 1t prob
ably will take place about October
10, with the Inauguration ceremon-
les in the morning, a buffet lunch
con at noon, and an academic pro-
cession to the Women College
buildings with the opening cere-
monies taking place in the after
noon.
Newark post., 1914-09-02

in vogue for some time in Germany.
DR.. Appel told how Germany is de-
Iveloping the potato industry to an
enormous extent has become able
to produce within its confines the
starches required to maintain It's
population when harrassed and
hemmed in by its enemies. Ger
many produces more than l,5OO,
100000 bushels Of potatoes. Only
II per cent of this amount, how
ever, is consumed directly as food
by the population. The average
production for the United States
is less than 80 bushels per acre.
Our total production is around 300,
100000 bushels. We consume less
than 3 bushels per capita per an
mum while Germany consumes
nearly s bushels per capita.
DR.. Appel also carefully ex-
planned the German system Of field
inspection and the certification of
seed and he pointed out the great
advantages of the system. The
inspectors visit the field at bios
soming time, when a careful esti-
mate of the amount Of disease and
Iimpurity were too great to be Grad
icated by "roguing" quilting out)
no certificate for "see use" would
be issued for that particular field.
Newark post., 1914-09-02
F RIM NOTES

At the request Of the Secretary
of Agriculture, Hon. d. F. Hous-
ton, DIR. Harry Hayward, Dean Of
the College of Agriculture, ap-
pointed DR.. II. F. Manns to repre-
sent the Delaware College Expert
ment Station in a series of potato
conferences, the object being "the
promotion of the breeding Of new
productive and disease resistant
varieties, the production of improv-
ed strains Of standard varieties
for seed purposes, the elimination
of diseases that are carried by
seed potatoes, and the introduction
of an official system of seed inspec-
ton and certification with ade-
quate standards and safeguards. "
The aim Of the U. S. Department Of
Agriculture was the bringing to-
gether of potato specialists from
the U. S. Department and from the
various states.
By special invitation, DR.. Otto
Appel Of Berlin, Germany, prob
ably the greatest authority on the
diseases Of the potato, was a guest
Of he Department Of Agriculture on
this occasion. DR.. Guessow, Plant
Pathologist of the Dominion of
Canada, was also a member Of the
party in it's trip through New Jer-
sey, Rhode Island and Maine.
Prominent among the American
members of the party were the fol-
lowing: DR.. w. A. Orton, repre-
senting the Dept. of Agriculture /;
Prof. VIM. Stuart, in charge of po-
tato Investigations for the Depart
ment Of Agriculture; Prof. II. G..
Corbett, acting assistant secretary
of Agriculture; Prof. r. G. John
son Of the Virginia Trucking Sta
ton, representing Virginia and the
strong truckers Exchange at Nor
folk; DR.. Mel. T. Cook of New Jer-
sey; Prof. w. j. Morse of Maine ;
DR.. |. E. Melhus in charge of the
Federal Potato Inspection work in
Maine. Mr.. Leland, State Inspec-
tor and Certifier of Seed Potatoes
for Maine, Dr. Lutman Of Ver-
mont, DR.. Reddick of New York !;
DR.. Bessey of Michigan. There
were a score or more Of other scien-
tific workers and potato breeders
who took in part Of the trip, or
who participated in a number of
the conferences. Many potato grow
ers and general farmers took much
interest in the work.
Much interest centered in Maine
because of the Federal quarantine
on powdery scab. The U. S. De-
partment of Agriculture and the
State authorities Of Maine have
taken hold Of the potato situation
IN that State in an energetic man
ner, and are making a united eff
fort to limit the disease. and i'm
prove the seed potatoes. These
things are being accomplished
along lines suggested by the U. S.
Department of Agriculture, fol-
lowing practices which have been