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The Harrison times., 1915-01-30

ALBERT { Moore, civil engineer,
with a corps Of assistants has been
at work this week surveying and
mapping Harrison for the proposed
water and sewer systems, {
, All ice cream parlors and refresh.
mcnts stands IN Harrison have
agreed to close during the hours 'oi
Sunday School and church services
hereafter on Sunday,
Key, +, NJ, Gothright, recently
from Amarillo, Texas, will take
charge as pastor of the Baptist
Church tomorrow,
Friends of W. +. Gordon will be
pleased TO know that he is steadily
improving from his recent illness
w. +, Jones, Of BrlleIontc was
looking after business in Harrison
yesterday.
The Harrison times., 1915-01-30
PRUSSIANS AGAIN NEARING
PARIS AFTER FORTY
FOUR YEARS.
Anniversary of Fall of City 10
Celebrated by Germans on
French Soil.

The lorty.fourth anniversary Of
the capitulation of Paris to the
PrussianS finds a Prussian army
again on French soil and only
comparatively short distance out
side the gates Of the capital
In special honor of the German
emperor's birthday, his troops have
concentrated their energies upon
gaining ground along the northern
front in France, but apparently the
allies have been preparing fer just
such an attack, and according to an
official report from the French war
Office have succeeded in checking an
advance to the west of scissors and
around Craconne. The fighting has
been of unusual severity and the
Germans are reported to have suffer
cd heavily, leaving a thousand dead
on the field.
The operations in the Carpathians
are attracting much attention at
Pctrograd, where it is believed the
proposed expedition against Servia
has been abandoned and the German
forces which were intended 70 take
part in this expedition have been
united with the AustrianS, bringing
together q total Of 100000 men
with the object Of holding back the
Russians moving through Buko.
wilma
ave are here very near Adam and
Ewes abode, the Garden of Eden,
writes a lance corporal with the
Britsh forces fighting the Turks in
the country back of the Persian gulf,
1T is very hot, and the country is
no place for a white man, We live
on bread, tea and dates The great.
est hardship is the scarcity Of water,
have not had a shave or q wash.
for II days,
1--WE captured two forts and a
telegraph Office yesterday without
the loss of man, The Turks lost
10, Some Of the methods of the
Turks in action are curious, A
fayorite trick Of theirs is to fall
down in close action as It dead, and
then after the line OF British have
pissed them, they get up and FIRE at
them from behind,
while retreoting, the Turks
frequently discard numerous articles
of clothing lest they should impede
their fight, Before their retreat has
lasted long they have on nothing
but their shirts and ammunition
belts. No matter how hot the fight
ing is, one cannot refrain from
laughing at the spectacle Of several
hundred men running at top speed
with their long shirts tapping
around their bare legs
The Harrison times., 1915-01-30

Manager Grimes, of our Electric
Light plant says chat work has So
far progressed on the new building
that he feels confident it will be
ready for occuponeyby the middle Of
February Twcnty'lour hour ser.
vice will be installed as soon as the
new mochjncryis put in commission,
The Harrison times., 1915-01-30
AFTER THE STORM.

TUE golden sun hnd eono to rest,
Tho birds had eCn6od their s0ns
The t1lors faded from the west,
Ara darB clouds IgllCd along,
nun thunder gave rs threatening cali
Aud lightning Btrcaltcd the sky,
suflIy tho rain bcEnn 10 fan,
Tulu tOrfcHts trom or high,
pur ere the morning broke anew
- Tho storm had goao us way,
Tho pun blngcd through tho wOlls Of hlus
- sU-lle 'ha unrtart day,
The Harrison times., 1915-01-30
tlNn

Editor Tom Shrus, OF lhe
Bulletin at Mountain Home, spent
the FIRST part Of the week in llarfI.
SON. He says his town is growing
as all thc rest Of North Arkansas
towns and that the business men
are at work raising a bonus of
$4,000 which will give them a rail,
road next summer
The Harrison times., 1915-01-30
Christian Science Services.

Christian Science services Sunday
morning at II; subject, Love
Sunday School at 10; Wednesday
evening meeting at 7!30, You are
cordially invited to attend these
services, Room 4 over {. l., Jones
store.
The Harrison times., 1915-01-30
Christian Church.

The subject Of the morning ser
mon is 1--WE must conform to the
established order" For evening
1--WE must work out our own saliva
ton i. NJ, CUMMINGS,
The Harrison times., 1915-01-30

TuE lIookworm Commission has
examined ji,iGj persons and found
oyu 10000 Infected with the hook
worm disease.
The Harrison times., 1915-01-30

, Mrs Smothcrman one Of Belle.
fontc's oldest residents, died Tuesday
4 the home Of her son.in.low, K, A,
kuhlc aged % years
DIR, sam !, Albright, Of Belle
ionte, spent Wednesday in Harrison.
Evening journal., 1915-05-07

vice is the huge chains which stretch
across the locks. They are placed
there for the purpose of preventing a
vessel which might enter the locks too
rapidly from jamming the gates. The
chain weighs 24.O9s pounds and is cap
able Of stopping a 10000 ton ship
while II is moving at the rate of four
miles per hour. The chain is operated
by hydraulic machinery in the walls
and plays out slowly by automatic re-
lease until the vessel Is brought TO
stop. When a ship is ready to enter
the locks and has come to a stop, the
chain is dropped into its groove in
the bottom of the Canal. In case the
ship should by some means break the
chain, the first gate might be jammed,
but this would not affect the lock as
the first gate is merely safety device.
Electric Mules"
When all is ready for passage. the
electric towing locomotives. known as
electric mules" are attached to the
ship; two in front, one on each wall
to pull the vessel. and two astern to
keep it in a central position and TO
bring it TO rest in the lock chamber.
The powerful machines are equipped
with a slip drum towing windlass and
hawser which permits the towing line
to be paid out or taken in without
actual motion OF the locomotive on
the track. The mules" when towing
operate over center cogs and climb
from lock to lock on rack rails. When
the gates swing open the vessel Is
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simple pull Of small switch is suf-
hcient TO either close or open 73O
ton gate. the operation being perfectly
automatic"
A strut anchor connects this with
the lock gate Al the top. The great
gates weighing from 390 TO $50 tons
are opened and closed with as much
ease as the opening and shutting Of
an ordinary gate or door.
Another safety device Is what is
known as an emergency dam. II
looks like n big cantilever bridge and
Is so placed that It can be swung
across the lock entrance in a few min
utes. This would only he used in case
the chains should break and the out
side gates fail to hold From this
will be seen that safety first" has not
been neglected along the Canal.
Hydro Electric Station.
All the workings Of the locks will
be manipulated by electricity. the cur
rent for all being generated az the
hydro electric station az Gatun Spill
way. The gate control house at the
spillway. the four substations OF the
transmission system at Gatun. Mira
flores. Cristohal and Balboa and the
three-lock control houses comprise the
principal buildings connected with the
actual operation of the canal. The big
station at Gatun Spillway shelters the
turbines which will generate the power
for the operation of the machinery al
the locks. machine shops. dry docks
pumping plants and coal handling sta.
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towed into the lock and the gate closed
behind it. The water is then let IN
lifting the vessel to the level OF the
lock above.
Gate Machinery.
The machine used for opening and
closing the gates is a simple and pow
erful machine. II is the invention OF
one Of the mechanical engineers in the
employ Of the commission. who de-
scribes It In the following manner:
1T consists essentially of a crank
gear TO which is fastened one end Of
a strut or connecting rod, the other
end Of which Is fastened TO a lock gate
The wheel moves through an arc Of
1o7 degrees. closes or opens the gate
leaf, according TO the direction IN
which II Is turned. one operation
takes two minutes. The crank gear is
a combination of gear and crank, is
constructed Of cast steel, Is . feet, 2
inches in diameter. and weighs ap-
proximately 5000 pounds II Is
mounted in a horizontal position on
the lock wall. turns on a large center
pin and is supported at the rim in four
places by rollers. The center pin is
keyed into a heavy casting anchored
securely to the concrete. The crank
gear has gear teeth on its rim and is
driven through a train OF gears and
pinions by an electric motor In a con-
tiguous room. The motor is remotely
controlled by an operator who is sta
toned at a center control house near
the lower end Of the upper locks. A
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OF this board. the man throws the
switches. and in response to his action
It has been so arranged that he secs
the fender chains rise and fail upon
the models before him, the gates open
and close and the water rise or fall
Just as he may desire. He knows the
exact position of the ship as II climbs
the stairway In It's trip from the At
lantic 20 the Pacific.
A system OF interlocked levers Will
prevent him from doing the wrong
thing in handling his levers. This is
ARRANGED In such way that certain
levers will not work except In connec-
ton with others and they must be
pulled In rotation. This makes II next
to impossible 10 err, but In case some-
thing should go wrong near by
switch will cut Of the power entirely.
During tho passing OF a ship through
the Canal it will be necessary 10 lower
and raise twelve fender chains and to
shut and open dozens Of valves weigh
ing several tons Twenty-three lock
gates must be opened and closed. an
aggregate weight OF more than $4,000
tons
one man in n building on the top
OF the center wall Of the locks directs
and controls the operation in the pass
age OF ship except the movements
Of the towing locomotives. lie sets
in motion no less than eighty-two mo-
tors al Gatun alone twice during the
lockage Of a ship. Yet so completely
has the system been worked out and
each movement is so perfectly dove
tailed into the other that an accident
seems weli-nigh impossible.
Lighting.
The lighting OF the Canal Is an
important item and this like every.
thing else is on gigantic scale
Electricity from the Gatun spillwaS
Hydro-electric Station lights up ever,
part of the Canal whore electricity car
be used but In towers and heacons N
inaccessible places compressed acety
lene. dissolved In acetone. is used
White lights are used throughout ant
in order that there may be no con
fusion Of lights with one another an'
with the lights on shore. the heacons
buoys and range lights will have indi
vidual characteristics by certain kind
OF combinations OF flashes with darl
intervals
The range lights vary according {
the length OF the range, from abou
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$500 to $4,000 candle power. the mos
powerful being those marking the ses
channels at tho Atlantic and pacint
entrances, which are visible at leasl
twelve miles.
As vessels may pass through the
locks In the night a peculiar kind OF
has 10 be used about the
locks. The glaring brilliant unshadec
light would blind the vision OF the
pilot and be almost as bad as no light.
Ing AT all After many tests OF lamps
large Tungstin bulbs 600 Waltz were
selected. These are placed inside .
concrete hood which serves both as g
shade and reflector. Clustered under
the concrete hood the lamps are sus-
pended from brackets which are
placed near the tops OF heavy con-
crete columns twelve sided and tap
ering from three and one-half feet at
the base to one foot at the top. Their
total height being about thlrty-four
feet including the two foot concrete
ball at tho top. They are so arranged
that on moonlight nights they will
burn with only half their power.
Electric Driven Tools.
All the machinery at the big ma
chine shops will be operated by eleo-
tricity and the oil pumps will have
this same motive power. Many OF the
levers used in the repair shops viii
be driven by individual motors Every
conceivable kind OF work is being done
In these shops ranging from the hand
ling OF most delicate watch spring
10 the overhauling OF a locomotive.
Two powerful floating cranes made
In Germany" are TO be used for Canal
requirements and general wreoldng
purposes. They each have a capacity
OF ESQ tons.
Barges. lighters and harbor tugs
will always be on hand when needed.
A tender for passengers and mail IS
also contemplated. Big dry docks are
In the course OF construction, the main
one being large enough TO accommo-
date any vessel which can pass
through the locks, Wharves and store
houses with all the necessary equip
ment for handling freight are already
i'm working order. Everything has
been done on a large scale and ships
can be handled without loss of time
Nowhere else does one find such gi-
gantic machinery yet so perfectly ar
ranged that accidents are prncticali5
/ impossible. safety" is written al
over the mechanics OF the Canal
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iions. In addition II will furnish light
for the Canal and the Zone Towns and
II desirable the power for tho electri-
icaiion Of the Panama railroad. The
building on the inside has four prin-
cipal elevations. a pit for the three
$500 X. V. A. turbines, n main floor
and two galleries The turbine pit Is
about six feet below the level OF tho
main floor and Is reached by an iron
stairway. Everything around the ma
chinery must be kent clean. 80 enamel
ed bricks are used and the least dirt
rs soon shown and will he removed.
The main floor Is devoted 10 the cleo
trical equipment The hydro electric
station receives its energy from the
water taken from Gatun Lake and dis
charged into the lower spiilway chan
mel and has power Of 5000 kilowatts.
The substations are almost as interest
ing as the parent station with their
mysterious looking buttons and levers.
Here again we find the safety first as
there Is a steam plant at the Mira
flores station which can be used In
the event OF failure OF the hydro
electric station.
Lock Control Board.
These great electric houses contain
the very latest and best electrical in
struments so far devised by man and
are controlled by expert electricians
Al each Of the locks man has before
him on table control bocrd abou
sixty-four feet long and iye and one
third feet wide. Standing In from
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walks OF the stage. The play some
times continues for days and even
weeks. Tho music which continues
from the beginning 20 the end of the
show is a clatter OF brass and clang-
ing anvils. accompanied by a saueaiky
violin.
American Women Interesting.
No write-up Of Chinatown. either
the old or the new, would be complete
without the mention of Mrs. Wong Sun
Yue Clemens, the American woman
who married Chinaman several years
ago while she was doing missionary
work In the old Chinatown. The writer
met this lady a few days after the
earfhquake and fire Of 1906 She was
a fair haired, we'll educated woman OF
refined tastes and a sister of katherine
Clemens who was az one time the wife
Of Howard Gould. She did excellent
work during those dark days, for had
IL not been for her good offices many
Of the Chinese would have starved 20
death They have remarkable col
lection OF relics of the San Fran
ciso fire. The collection, many of them
freaks Of the fire. forms an interesting
study Of the effect OF the various de-
grees Of heat on different objects.
one of them is a milk bottle-the one
delivered al the door on the morning
OF the fire. IL sat on the doorstep
filled with milk and became prey
to the flames. Somehow the milk and
glass mixed during the great heat and
Il came out Of the fire a perfect speci-
men of Tiffany glass.
The new Chinatown. built al the
cost Of millions Of dollars. IS practically
complete The structures while erected
on modern American plans still pre-
serve an the features Of Chinese archi-
ture in their queer shaped roofs. balus-
trades and lantern lined balconies
The underground passages and the
opium dens of the old town seem to
have vanished. OF course, gambling
goes on 20 certain extent. but the
sitting subterranean dens OF the old
town have not been rebuilt The white
slave traffic which used to flourish
there has been weeded out. II Is
cleaner. better Chinatown and is the
most fascinating section Of cosmopoii-
tan san Francisco. for Il is like a Bit
~ tar away China transplan;ed upon
American soil
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With It's Oriental Architecture and Cooring 1t Forms the
Most Interesting Section the City of the Golden Gate

little creatures with their yellow silk
jackets fastened across the breast with
silk loops and their lavendar panta-
looms tightly bound around the ankles.
Sometimes one sees several Of these
little Acknowledged creatures toddling
along after their Mothers perfect
picture OF unconscious contentment
The little girls. too. with their funny
broad, fiat noses and narrow eyes run
about the streets and talk in queer
little piping tones. They are dressed
like their mothers except their clothes
are of gay colors and they wear silver
bracelets on their ankles. The men.
too. lend a picturesque touch TO the
scene so uncommon 10 the average
American. They are garbed accord
ing 20 the nature Of their business.
For instance. a man wearing dark
trousers. blouse and thick soled felt
shoes wends his way through the
crowd with big wooden tray filled
with boxes balanced on his head. while
behind him walks a little withered
man with thin lips and sharp cheek
bones and prominent ears. lie wears
a little black skull cap with a little
red pon-pon on the top. His long
coat Is lined with lavender silk and
white silk stockings and low shoes
show from beneath the black silk
trousers. He is one of the well-to-
do residents. All about him are coolies
carrying huge baskets Of vegetables
uncommon 10 American eyes. Their
coarse clothes and bare feet In straw
sandals are contrast in clothes as
we'll as in features. for the coolies
have dun. stupid faces
Intermingled with these are the
tourists wno come up ito do the
town" and when one OF them opens
a camera the women and children dis
appear as II by magic. FOR the Celestial
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tables are on sale as well. The China
man Is especially fond Of cucumbers
and white radishes, and these seem TO
predominant at the green grocers.
Sticks OF green sugar cane are sold
20 the children just as a stick OF
licorice root used 10 be favorite
"chew" for the American school chill
dren.
Best Time To See Town.
Night Is the best time TO visit the
town for then the streets are unusually
crowded and the lights from the Ian
terms hung from the balconies add a
weirdness 20 the Oriental scene. There
IS the squeaklng of the Chinese violin
and the sound OF the high pitched
voices OF children singing, and one has
an Irresistible desire 20 follow the
sound and find out what Is behind
these doors. The guides who take
parties through the town at night are
sure 10 crafty this desire for they
always take the visitor down a pair
Of steep steps into a basement where
Chinatown's most famous musician
gives concerts nightly. The old China
man plays a number OF queer instru-
ments and his music is delightful
The joss house, too, Is at It's best
at night. The houses OF worship have
no external beauty. but once inside
one revels in gorgeous carvings. brass
bowls. splendid embroidered altar
cloths and paraphernalia which makes
IL a place OF wonder.
Theatre Unique.
The theatre is unique as all the
Characters are taken by men and their
attempt TO impersonate women is a
perfect burlesque although they con-
slider IL serious work. There is no
scenery A table win serve for a
mountain and a piece OF wood for a
forest. All. plays have one character
who mus, ride horseback. and he usu-
ally comes IN astride a hroomsiick.
/ Frequently one Of the cast Is beheaded
after --ei-N ~ ~efe -'H ard solen~ ' IN
Evening journal., 1915-05-07
has a positive fear of the camera.
Big Bazaars.

Big Bazaars.
The big bazaars have marvellous dis
plays OF bric-a-brac. silks. embroid-
cries, antique lanterns, lacquer ware,
carved worries. sandal wood fans.
China ware of the most exquisite work
manship, camphor wood chests. Cloi-
some, Satsuma. Canton ware XII
monas and Mandarin coats which send
the female shoppers into ecstacies.
The drug stores are sure 10 attract
attention for they display such ar
ticies as sharks eggs, dried toads.
sliced deer horns and other uncanny
remedies for diseases and the casting
out Of evil spirits-mOre. perhaps, for
the benefit of the tourist than for
medicinal purposes, for Chinatown has
some really excellent medical men who
use the same remedies as the Amer
ican physician even II they do dis
play the Chinese panacea for all Ills.
AT one shop pills are advertised TO
cure the opium habit. OF course. one
hnds the Chinese restaurant with us
chop suey, yellow cakes and noodles
made of ingredients which do no,
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of yellow paper covered with Chinese
letters, resembling a huge laundry tic
ket. The Chinese are deeply interested
in the European war situation. and al
most any time during the day groups
of them can be seen gazing in silence at
the long yellow papers which fiutter
in the breeze outside the quaint look
ing newspaper offices.
Street Scenes Interesting.
II is not the business Of Chinatown,
however which attracts the visitor
IL is the Chinese themselves. The
writer has sat for hours at the win
dow of one of the quaint tea houses
Of the town and watched the endless
throng Of celestials with a never end
ing delight. The women and children
are, as usual. the most interesting
Few OF them have adopted American
clothes and with their loose black
pantaloons showing below the shiny
black gown. the effect is rather start
ling at first but one soon becomes used
TO the garb. The Chinese matron is
usually a roly-poly sort of person who
wears her shiny black hair brushed
back over the tops of her ears and
neatly rolled up in a knot at the back
of her head and fastened with a gold
pin or jade ornament. Great pendant
earrings swing back and forth in her
ears as she steps along on her high
rocker shoes. Her face is serious as
she picks her way through the crowd.
ana her pantaloons swish together.
Finally, she darts into a narrow street
and disappears.
The children, many Of whom look
as If they belong 10 the colored picture
books of the days Of Aladdin. play In
the streets just like little Americans
and learn slang and bad words" with
the same alacrity as do our street
urchins. Many Of them are gorgeous
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Ow Ships WILDE Lifted
through the CanalBy the
id Of Electricity" Safe
\ First rs Shown In the
,Ocking System From
|eginning To End.

~ HE Panama Canal is finished. The
greatest engineering project OF
in history is an accomplished fact.
- The predictions Of the pessimist
ave not materialized and the hopes
the optimist are about 10 be realized
the success Of one Of the greatest
.,mmercial time and money savers of
odern times. The climate and phys
al difficulties were overcome through
he energy, devotion and skill Of the
|ngineers. The gigantic machinery
sed was in keeping with the huge
ess OF the task and although casual
OBSERVER might marvel at the appar-
Int ease with which this machinery
''orked and at the tremendous results
accomplished, yet a proper appre-
|iation OF its usefulness could only
lie had by knowing something about
me mechanism of the great tools and
Implements, and the obstacles which
ay hidden in the pathway of their
york. But the day OF the machine Is
OF over, as It will play an essential
art in the operation Of the waterway
nd the mechanics Of the Canal is an
subject even to those who
nay not know or appreciate the sci
ntihc principles underlying their ap-
plication.
Gigantic Fender Chains.
No vessel will be allowed to enter
pr pass through the locks under its
)wn steam. When a ship arrives at
either the Gatun or Mirahores locks.
L is taken in charge by the Canal
authorities who at once send two rep
on board 10 remain. one
,n the bridge, and the other in the
engine room, until the ship has passed
put OF the locks. The first safety de-