Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-17

that waterway in order to take care of
the increased traffic that will use 1T.
Bunau-varilla is emphatic in his
statement that within 20 years the
present Panama canal will have reach
ed the limit OF its carrying capacity.
so, 900 900 tons annually, and that then
It will be found that only a sea-level
canal will adequately care for the
traffic. The former canal engineer
makes IL plain, however, that he does
not mean to criticlse the construction
OF the present lock canal, but main
tains that this is merely the secondary
period in the construction of a water
way across the isthmus.
Bunau-Varilla has spent most of his
time since his arrival on the isthmus
in making voyages OF inspection along
the canal. In many of his trips he
was the guest of Colonel George w.
Goethals. governor of the Panama
canal who explained the work to his
distinguished visitor. He has made a
number of motor boat trips through
the Culebra cut and Gatun lake. Be-
sides this, he spent many hours in a
careful examination OF the Gatun dam
and the spillway and watching the
work at Cucaracha slide. He was
taken from dredge to dredge and chat
ted with many of the workmen. He
was considerably impressed with the
capacity for work shown by the huge
15-yard dipper dredges, both of which
are actively engaged in pushing back
the hitherto advancing toe of the
slide.
Toxic, Aug. 17.-Great interest has
been caused by the announcement that
the American Episcopal Mission hos
pital at Toxic, known as st. Luke's,
will soon be extended into modern
institution Already a !
large sum o money has been contrib |
uted in the United Staes for this pur
pose; an American council has been |
formed with headquarters at New |
York, and an American Woman's aux |
Hilary board will help make the project |
successful. The latest step is the or
ganization of a Japanese council, with |
Premier Count Okuma as president, |
which promises to furnish land for the |
hospital.
The institution was founded IA |
years ago by DR.. Rudolf S. Tuesler,
who came from Richmond, Va, as a
doctor 1t is now an in
of so beds with a staff of
three foreign and ten Japanese doc
-ors, a nurses training school with 40
pupils and a medical society of about
so Japanese members. The professors
IF the medical department of the I'M
oerial university are consultants to
he hospital.
Foreigners throughout Japan as well
is members of the embassies and lega-
ions avail themselves of the hospital.
The propect is to erect new insti
.ution on the pavilion plan at total
estimated cost of S4S5,0O0.
Copenhagen, Aug. lion the bill
boards of Copenhagen appears the
ign, 1.-The most dangerous Of all ant
nails is not the lion, the tiger or the
eptile, but-the fly This is the
means Herr Falck uses in waging 8
against flies.
Herr Falck is the bitterast enemy the
~ has in Scandinavia, and his one
Imbition is to see a flyless Denmark.
70 preach his new crusade, he has or
,anized in Copenhagen the first COM
,lete fly exhibition in the world. 1t
contains every kind of weapon yet in
ented for trapping, poisoning or
flies. Most of these con-
rivances came from the United States.
An old superstition that Herr Falck
opes to rid the people of is that a
christmas fly brings good luck. a
christmas fly, according to Herr Falck,
the potential mother of 1882 ,500,-
90 descendants in the course of TIE
ummer season.