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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-30
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The Princeton union., 1914-01-01

Henry Morgenthau Of New York.
selected by President Wilson as am
bassador to Turkey, although active
in public affairs has never held politi-
cal Office. He has long been a close
friend and warm supporter of Mr.
Wilson, and his services as chairman
of the finance committee of the Demo-
cratic national committee We're invalu-
able.
Born at Mannheim, Germany, in
1856, Mr.. Morgenthau came to New
York with his parents when he was
still young enough to enter the pub
lie schools. Graduated from the high
school in 1870, he attended the City
college for one year and then enter
ing Columbia Law school received his
diploma in 1878. A year later he be-
came q member of the firm of Laeh-
man, Morgenthau & Goldsmith and
practiced successfully until 1899, when
he left the law to go into the real es-
tate business, in which he has been
eminently successful.
Mr.. MOrgenthau is president of the
Free Synagogue and is president Of
Bronx house, a musical school and set
tlement house He is a director Of
the Mount Sinai hospital and trustee
Of the United Charities building and
the Loeb Convalescent house. He is
also member of many clubs.
The Princeton union., 1914-01-01

@ 1918, by American Press Association.
VIEW OF OPERATING MACHINERY-TURN-
ING THE GREAT LEAVES OF THE LOCK
AT GATUN.
therefrom. That contingency may be
classed with the accidental collision
of ships with the gates, and is to be
provided for in the same way by
duplicate gates. 1t is possible that
fssure might open which would drain
the canal. and if it remained open,
might destroy it. This possibility
should not be erected by the fancy into
threatening danger. If timorous
imagination is to be the guide no great
work can be undertaken anywhere.
This risk is to be classed with that Of
great conflagration in a city like that
Of Chicago in 1877 or Boston in 1872.
"It is the opinion of the commission
that such danger as exists from earth
quakes is essentially the same for both
the Nicaragua and Panama routes, and
that in neither case is it sufficient to
prevent the construction Of the canal"
Panama Route Favored.
1t was to this optimism on the part
of the commission that Professor He'll
prin, in his "a Defense of the Panama
Route (privately printed, Philadel-
phia. 1902. paid his special attention.
He pointed out the fact that in it's
preliminary report. submitted to con-
gress in December. 1900. the commits
sion was silent on the subject of the
dangers from earthquake and volcano;
then. citing what he calls IAN apology
for discussion as quoted above. he
ridicules its whole argument.
Little attention need be paid. he says.
to opinions based upon the older works
of Humboldt. Lyell, Daubeny and Mon
tessus de Ballore. cited by the commits
sion as authority. when ''the sciences
of vulcanology and seismology have
made such rapid advances since the
publication of the cited works.
He particularly scouts the safety
valve" theory. admitting only that
certain earthquakes may have been
mitigated by the immediate presence
Of volcanoes
In another attack upon the Nicara-
guam route. III All address as president
The Princeton union., 1914-01-01

Of the Geographical society OF Phi1a-
delphia. published in March. 1900. he
discusses the subject exhaustively and.
after declaring that the limited infor-
nation about the Nicaraguan route is
all against it's use, says. The facts
should be very closely weight
ed and calculated. especially when an
alternative Of construction is presented
IN region. whatever else may be it's
deficiencies. that is practically free
from the particular menace that Mica
ragua presents" 5a4 -.
All OF DR.. Heilprin's argument favor
ca the Panama route. and what he
says in the report first quoted is espe-
c1ally interesting in the light of Colo
mel Goethals' assurances that the canal
suffered no serious damage from the
recent disturbances ~
1T is we'll known" says he. land the
fact is admitted in the report of the
1sthmian canal commission. that the
only recorded earthquake on the Pana-
ma tract that could he called destruc-
tive in a period of over three centu-
ries (or from the time Of the Spanish
conquest to the year 1865 was the
earthquake of 1921. which destroyed
the greater. part of Panama. It is
therefore SURPRISING strange, with
these convincing facts before it. that
the commission should not find it pos-
s1ble to Justify a comparison between
the Nicaragua and Panama routes as
to either the number of earthquakes
or their severity"
Kind of Damage Expected.
The probable nature of the damage
Which might be wrought upon the ca
nal by an earthquake was discussed
by Major G. E. Dutton of the ordnance
department of the army in a letter
written in June, 1901, to the president
Of the Nicaragua Canal Construction
company. 1t will be Of much interest
in connection with Colonel Goethals'
detailed report, even though Major
Dutton was writing entirely of a canal
along the Nicaragua route. He said:
The structures most easily injured
would undoubtedly be the locks. The
masonry might be cracked by power
full shock. but unless the ground be-
meath were permanently displaced or
the walls moved bodily the damage
could be repaired at small cost. The
The Princeton union., 1914-01-01

Whether Big Earthquake Can
Harm Waterway Stin a
Question.

prin, nearly all of those who wrote of
the canal scheme, whether in behalf
of the Nicaraguan or the Panama ca
nal route. including the old isthmian
canal commission, treated the subject
with what almost amounts to a con-
spiracy of silence. The official reports
touch upon it, when at all. in very
gingerly fashion.
+ For example, in chapter VII. of the
report of the isthmian canal commits
sion dated Nov. 80. 1911, the matter is
disposed of thus:
1T is possible and even probable that
the more accurately fitting portions of
the canal, such as the lock gates, may
at times be distorted by earthquakes,
and some Inconvenience may result
The Princeton union., 1914-01-01
Miss Jessie Wilson's Fiance.

When the engagement Of Miss Jessie
Wilson, President Wilson's daughter,
and Frances B. Sayre was first an
nounced, November was named as the
date Of the wedding. Recently, how
ever, it has been rumored that the
ceremony would occur at an earlier
date, some weeks prior to the time.
originally set. At present the pro-
spective son-in-law of President Will
son is a member of the staff of Dis
trict Attorney Whitman of New York
city, where he has been employed since
last October.
Francis B. Sayre is a native of
Bethlehem. Pa, and is twenty-eight
years old. He is the youngest son Of
the late Robert 81. Sayre. builder and.
The Princeton union., 1914-01-01
| EARTH At II TRE:|M||ORS |: n
FIRST 81 TEST
Colonel GoethaIs' Report of No
Damage Done Brings
Much Relief.

" ILL the Panama canal sue
" cessfully Withstand severe
w earthquake shock?
That is the question which
all the world has been asking ever
since the news first came, a few days
before the date set for the blowing up
of the great Gamboa dixie, the last
link in the chain which will join the
two oceans. that several seismic dis
turbances had been felt on the isth1nus.
The question has since kept repeat
ing itself in the face Of Colonel Goe-
thals' official assurances that the canal
sustained no substantial injury. 1t is
likely to come up again and again in
the future now that the canal is an ac-
complished fact, for destruction by
earthquake has been the only thing
feared regarding the canal since the
engineering achievement became GER
tain of success.
From the earliest days of the Pana-
ma canal project, in spite of the opti-
mistic tone of all the reports and pre-
ditions. there has been a constant So
licitude about earthquakes, says a
writer in the New York Evening Post
This has been fomented internationally
by the advocates of the Nicaragua
route, who have repeated their gloomy
forecasts Of the day when the slum-
bering forces of nature under the Pa
mama route would awaken and shatter
the whole vast enterprise to ruins
Earthquake Possibilities.
There has been a curious turning
about on the part of these of the prin-
The Princeton union., 1914-01-01

The supreme court has handed
down an opinion holding that sa
loon keeper is responsible for the
acts of his barkeeper. This is the
first time the court has passed on
this point.
The Princeton union., 1914-01-01

tentiary at Saltwater has signifie0
his intention Of retiring next year and
already plans are on for the selection
Of a successor. The state board Of
control will name the new warden.
Anticipating Mr.. Wolfers retirement
NJ. c. Cutter, editor and publisher Of
the Thief River Falls News-Press, has
taken up the cudgel in behalf of
Frank A. Whittier, at present parole
agent at the state prison at Still
water, and the movement has taken
substantial root.
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Speaking of Warden Wolfer report
is that when he removes his name
from the state payroll next year he
will retire rich. This is not to Mr..
Wolfer's discredit. He simply saved
his money and made it work for him.
The warden at Saltwater has been
under fire many times, but he man
aged - to come through unscathed.
Prior to his administration investiga-
tions were numerous and changes
frequent, but Wolfer outlived them
all. His enemies simply had to &C
cept his superiority.
!. !. j.
G. F. Staples of the state railroad
and warehouse commission is a can
didate for denomination. The Da-
kota county Republican leader made
the fact public when, in answering q
number of questions put to him by
j. F. Rosenwald of Lac qui Parle
county, he punched them all by writ
ing to Mr.. Rosenwald and stating the
chief requisites for the office he M
The Princeton union., 1914-01-01

Congressman c. R. Davis of the
Third district is said to be slated for
opposition. Those in charge refused
to name their find until later.
THE COUNTY CHAIRMAN.
The Princeton union., 1914-01-01


TUG GATUN FIRST BOAT TO GO THROUGH
PANAMA LOCK.
cipal argument in favor of the Panama
route as against that through Nicara-
qua. AS spicily stated more than ten
years ago by P. w. Chamberlain OF
the American Society of Civil Engi-
neers in a report to the government of
Nicaragua: THE Panama route is To-
Gated over q boiler that has no safety
valve.'
The advocates of the Panama route
always argued that the Nicaragua
route was unsafe for the canal. be-
cause, as Professor Angelo Heilprin
pointed out in several essays on the
subject, the Nicaragua line is laid
across the almost continuously VOL
canic tract that binds Costa Rica with
Salvador and has been, during the
period of the last three-quarters of
century. probably the most violently
eruptive of any in the western hemis-
phere On the line Of crustal weak
ness that is occupied by Lakes Mica
ragua and Managua there are distrib-
uted over a linear distance Of little
more than 200 miles not less than
twenty-five volcanoes, most Of which
have been active within a very modern
period of time, while a number are
still active today"
Volcanoes a Safety Valve.
1t was this argument to which Mr.
Chamberlain opposed the theory that
in the presence of these volcanoes
would lie the safety of the Nicaragua
route-they would act as safety valves
''The absence of volcanic vents from
the neighborhood of the Panama
route" be conte2ded, "iEstea1. % :ee11ngg see11ngg
| an element of security for the canal
| works. is a source of constant danger
to the same" In support of his theory
he argued: p 49, T..
| "There was no volcanic vent in activ-
| ity in Portugal in 1850 and yet very
severe earthquake completely de-
stroyed the city Of Lisbon in that year.
No volcanoes exist in the island Of
Jamaica. yet shock Of the most Sc
we're nature completely swept Port
Royal, near Kingston. in 1850. There
is no volcano in the whole eastern
coast of the United States, and vet
how Charleston. s. c., recently suffered
from an earthquake is well known to
everybody. Those places were dam
aged by the lack of those safety valves
Of nature. the volcanic vents.''
Mr.. Chamberlain did not follow ont
his logic to the point Of assertion that
a certain proximity to an active VOL
cano therefore would be the only guar
antee OF safety for community or a
great engineering work. but he came
pretty near it.
! With the exception of Professor Hell
The Princeton union., 1914-01-01
FRANCIS BOWEs SAYRE.

FRANCIS BOwEs SAYRE.
vice president of the Lehigh Valley
railroad, and designer and general
manager of the Bethlehem Steel COM
pany. In 1909 Mr.. Sayre was gradu-
ated from Williams college, after which
he spent two summers with DR.. Will
fred T. Grenfell in his missionary
work on the coast of Labrador. Later
he was graduated from the Harvard
Law school, he has travelled extern
sively. having toured Alaska, hunted
big game in the Rocky mountains and
covered most of southern Mexico.
Miss Jessie Wilson is twenty -four
years old and was educated at Goucher
college, Baltimore. where she specialize
ed In political science. She has also
done settlement work in Philadelphia
and has been active in the =. VIZ y.
The Princeton union., 1914-01-01

Warden Wolfer of the state peni-
The Princeton union., 1914-01-01

ed are ability and experience. The
questions asked by Mr.. Rosenwald
covered what he thought were
omissions of service Mr.. Staples
owed the public. To cap it all Mr..
Rosenwald announced that if the
answers to his questions were not sat
isfactory he would also be a candi-
date, and it is presumed that the an
swers were not what he wanted.
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If experience counts for anything
Mr.. Staples has it. He has been q
member of the railroad commission
since 1900. AS to ability thirteen
years of experience has contributed
a line of knowledge, coupled with a
keen mind, that is perhaps without a
rival in Minnesota, but for some un-
known reason the voters have on
more than one occasion overlooked
men of this kind. They have a won
derful way of forgetting. Rosenwald
came near putting c.. E. Elmquist of
the commission out of business last
year, and that in the face of the fact
that Mr.. Elmquist had as a running
mate Judge Ira B. Mills. Rosenwald
made a run that was a wonder and it
behooves Commissioner Staples to
keep his eyes open.
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Andrew Fritz, state public examin-
er, will not have to worry for an
other year, at least. His term of Of
fee is for two years and on Christ.
mas day Governor Eberhart handed
him a new commission. This means
that if Governor Eberhart gets by
this fall Mr.. Fritz will have a meal
ticket for some years to come. AS
the successor Of a long line of public
examiners who insisted on poking
their noses into public affairs and
announcing the fact when they found
anything wrong Mr.. Fritz approaches
the ideal in keeping things disagree
able to himself. Governor Johnson
had more than one quarrel with pub
lie examiners under him who in
sisted in delving into matters finan-
cial and making public their findings
when such things were not to the
credit of the administration.
!. !. !.
From Duluth comes a story to the
effect that approximately 1900 game
birds have been shipped to the Radis-
son hotel in Minneapolis for consump-
tion by the guests of that hostelry.
Inspector Storey, who is in charge Of
the northern section of the state,
gave out the statement The game
and fish commission says it knows
nothing.
Because Of the law passed by tn,
last Legislature it will not happe1t
again, but in the meantime the secre-
| tary and the members of the state
| board OF medical examiners are
chuckling over the possession Of
| nearly $4,000 in fees which the su-
preme court has just ruled cannot be
taken away from them. From now
on all fees must be turned into the
state treasury.
!. !. \ a..
| The supreme court has handed
down an opinion holding that sa-
loon keeper is responsible for the
acts of his barkeeper. This is the
first time the court has passed on
this point.
| a !. !. !. ,t&
| Congressman c. R. Davis Of the
Third district is said to be slated for
opposition. Those in charge refused
to name their find until later.
THE COUNTY CHAIRMAN.
The Princeton union., 1914-01-01

9 1913. By American Press Association
FILLING LOWER CHAMBER OF GATUN LOCK.
gates might be jammed or broken or
slightly displaced also. But shocks Of
sufficient severity to produce any of
these results are hardly to be antici-
pated. The dams, If built in the man.
ner proposed. of loose rock with very
long slopes. would require shocks of ex-
traordinary power, accompanied with
(sic) considerable displacement of the
ground beneath them, to damage them.
AS against earthquakes, they would
be the safest that could possibly be
built. Being already nothing but shat
tered fragments, it is not apparent
what more an earthquake could do eX-
cept to dislocate the earth beneath
them.
Uncertainty of Lake Level.
It was Professor Heilprin's conten-
ton that Lake Nicaragua could not be
depended upon as IAN inexhaustible
supply of water for the canal"
At great length in one of his reports
he discussed the oscillation of the level
Of the lake. concluding that it had low
cred fifteen or perhaps twenty feet in
the period Of little more than a half
century.
He also brought forth evidence to
show startling changes in the config-
uration of the coast line OF Nicaragua
and cited a British naval report as
stating the fact that where two years
before the British frigate Eurydice.
drawing four fathoms twenty-four
feeD of water. sailed out of port with
out the least Inconvenience, a greatest
depth Of only eleven feet could now
Q86W be found"
Conclusions of Expert.
Professor Heilprin's conclusions in
1902 were. broadly. that:
First.-Commercially, the true trans
isthmian route is that Of the contem-
plated Panama canal.
Second. Observation-Disclosures involv-
ing less engineering difficulties. avoid
| ing the superior risks Of earthquake
and volcanic disturbances and water
shortages and presenting far more
| acceptable course for steaming--the
Panama canal of the two canals un-
| der discussion alone merits serious
| consideration f.
The first serious earthquake since the
| beginning of the Panama canal work
has come and gone. If the reassuring
report of Colonel Goethals does not
, as some engineering experts fear it
! may-gloss over conditions more seri-
GUS than can be CLEANED from any in
| formation yet at hand and unless un-
discovered damage has vet to be dis
closed. the Judgment of Professor He'll
prin, expressed more than a decade
ago. has now beer, vindicated.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-09-12
SUNDAY IN DENVER

Denver, Col, Sept. 2.-"Billy"
Sunday, the worlds famous base
ball evangelist, will open cam
paign in this city, commencing to-
morrow. The preparations have
been under way for months, and
the evangelistic committee here
completed them today. Tn his cam
paign in this city Mr.. Sunday will
face some of the most trying condi-
tions under which he has labored
in any of his recent campaigns.
Denver is passing through a bitter
political fight and an Industrial
crisis. The number of workers the
evangelist has to aid him is smaller
than he had in his eastern cam
paigns, but Mr.. Sunday is just as
enthusiastic and is expecting great
results from his work here.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-09-12
GERMANS
DRIVEN BACK IN ALL
DIRECTIONS

tby ASSOCIATED PreSS.J
Washington, Sept. II. The
French embassy today received the
following Bordeaux dispatch dated
yesterday. The French general
staff states that the first German
army continues retiring, three Ger
man corps were repulsed last night
between Villess, Collerets and Sois-
ons. The Tenth Corps Guards of the
German Second army was driven to
the Saintgond swamps while with
drawing. The Third German army
is retreating on Champagne, and
the German center is giving ground.
Between Sezanne and Vitry in the
Argone valley the Fourth German
army was pushed back north of the
Trois Fontines forests, and the
Fifth German army was repulsed.
our troops occupying Vassincourt.
The Austrian army was forced to
disastrous retreat near Tomaszow,
and the whole Austrian army was
forced back to the Dneister river.
The Russians have besieged Grodek.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-09-12
CENTRAL CANADIAN FAIR

Ottawa, Ont, Sept. 12-The big
Canada fair commenced yesterday
and will continue until the 18th,
with more exhibits and attractions
than in any previous year While
the European war and the calling OF
Canadian soldiers to the front has
affected the Dominion and its peo-
pie seriously, 1t is not doubted that
the fair will be a great success. Two
Children's days have been arranged
for, and as a special prize for the
little ones a Cherokee Indian pony
will be given to the lucky holder OF
certain number. The livestock
and farm produce exhibits are par
ticularly attractive this year, for
Canada has had successful crops.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-09-12
McMULLEN MADE COUNSEL
:. :. :. FOR R R. COMMISSION

Tallahassee, Sept. 12.-Don c..
McMullen, Of Tampa, and former
senator from Hillsborough county,
has been retained by the railroad
commission as special counsel, to
succeed F. M. Hudson, OF Miami,
resigned. The date has not been
fixed when Mr.. McMullen will AZ
sumo the duties of the position to
which he has been appointed. The
commissioners have several matters
In litigation, which Mr.. Hudson has
been handling, and with which he
is more familiar. The most of these
cases will be coming up before the
courts this fall and it is the desire
of the commissioners to have them
closed out before relieving Mr.. Hud-
son.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-09-12
RAKERS' CONVENTION

Milwaukee, Wis, Sept. 12-The
triennial convention OF the Interna-
tional Confectionery and Bakery
Workers Union will be held In this
city, opening its sessions tomorrow.
Several organizers have been work.
ing here for some little time past.
with the object of awakening the
tradesmen in Milwaukee. In addi-
tion to the business ordinarily COM
ing before such a meeting as this
convention, the present state OF the
wheat market, the gift Of the Ca
madam government of thousands OF
bags OF flour to England, and the
resolution of the Dominion bakers
to maintain the price of bread at its
present level will be subjects OF
general discussion.