davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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The Fixed Da ms.

The fixed dams are of type famil-
lar to all, although most OF the Barge
Canal dams of this type have been pro-
vided with Taintor gates which can be
swung open or shut to permit the pas
sage or storage of water. Some OF the
largest fixed dams in the canal are
located at Crescent and Visher's Fer
ry in this Mohawk River and at Seneca
Falls on the Cayuga- Seneca branch.
The largest dams built in connection
with the waterway are the two great
storage reservoirs at Delta and Hinck-
ley. These provide for the storage of
over 5000, 600, 900 cubic feet of water,
which is retained until the dry sum-
mer months, when it is let into the
eastern section of the Erie to main
tain the required twelve foot depth and
permit the lockages that are neces-
sary.
Among the locks that dot the canal
system there are many that are note
worthy. All OF these structures are
built OF concrete and are operated by
electricity. Each is 1913 feet long
and has inside rectangular dimensions
of 800 by A feet The water is ad-
mitted to the chamber through sixteen
port holes. located at the bottom OF
the lock wall. These ports are. in
turn. connected with massive culverts.
the flow Of water into the chamber
being governed by means OF vertical
slide valves which are operated from
stands located on the lock wall. The
lock gates are OF tho so-called "nlitre
type" and are constructed of steel
These are likewise operated by cleo
| tricity. Experience has shown that q
vessel navigating the Barge Canal can
| he locked through any lock in less
than eight minutes.
big Locks mt Waterford.
| The most notable locks on the water
way are located at Waterford, the
eastern terminus OF the channel. Al
this poin+ dve massive locks enable
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was also found necessary to mark the
limits of the navigablr channel in the
river and lake sections by a modern
system of huoys, lighthouses and
other aids.
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Four Dist inct
Branches in Sys-
tenn Second Only
to Panama in I'm
portance and Un-
equ allied as an
Engineering Feat
Many Unique
Features in Basic
Design

FINAL age wherein the waterways are
rehabilitated and there is cooperation
betN cen all carriers.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-24
Experience Abroad.

Deeper than mere friction between
the races is the cause Of the difficult
" as analy2ed by army officers who
nave studied the psychology Of the
negro soldiers abroad. In Europe. par
ticularly in France, there have been
no social barriers. Blacks have mingled
with whites even to the extent of com
partnership by white women with negro
troops.
Many of the disturbances in Cardiff
have been caused, for instance, In a lit
tie colony where negroes are living with
white women whom they have mar
ried.
The assault upon white women in
the suburbs Of Washington have served
to enrage the residents generally. Out
OF the effort TO catch offenders a
come a general interference with many
negroes doubtless innocent of wrongdo-
ing; The blacks have been terrorized
and have armed in self-defense. They
nave obtained firearms In second hand
stores for several days. Frightened
women have gathered together and re-
peated wild tales of impending attack
IN the streets at night groups Of
whites gather and discuss the riots.
Some visit the downtown district night
ly ito see the fun" Others walt as II
with chip Of shoulder for the approach
of any negro who might seem anxious
TO quarrel. Not enough policemen haye
oeeh dVdildple 70 ulsperse the CROWDS
n keep loungers on the move. Fed
eral troops have o been called IN to
keep order. President Wilson and Sec
rotary Baker have given the matter
their personal attention.
If It were not the District Of Co
lumbia, where the people cannot vote.
a public demand for better protection
might long ago have been recognized
| by elected officials, But to get more
| policemen, the district commission
ers must ask congress for money, com
mittees must act on the requests, and
1t Is a roundabout process which takes
time and lots OF persuasion,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-24
MAY CALL HIGH
OFFICERS N PROBE

WASHINGTON, July 24-Thc special
house war investigating committee,
which yesterday heard read wal de
paTtmeut records showing that three
commissioned and five nonCommissiOncd
officers had been court martialod be-
cause Of hrutaiities in handling Amcri-
can prisoners at camps In and near
Paris, today We're considering Hdvisabli-
lty Of calling additional witnesses. 1t
was believed that If more witnesses are
called they viii include u number OF
amy officers If high rank.
Records submitted to the committee
Yesterday by Gen. March. chief Of staff.
gave the first official confirmation To
reports Of cruel treatment by their own
officers of American soldiers in France
which nave created an Indignant stir.
Names Of the Officers Court-martialed
were given in a cablcgram from Gen.
IeIshinR and from reports Of Brig
Gen. Edward y. Kregcr, acting Judge.
advocate general They included Lieut.
+, II Smith, known In the service 40
Hard Boiled" Smith, who is serving
~ months Ht Governors Island for his
part IN ill-trcatment Of prisoners under
his charge at farm No. . near Paris,
It has been charged that while only
officers II lower grades were convicted
and their superior officers allowed 10
go free, the Investigation BY the com.
mltte", it II believed, may take a turn
TO develop the truth or falseness OF
these assertions.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-24
HUNS ARE WARNED
AGAINST HASTE IN
STAGING REVOLTS

WElMAR, July "a. CBy the Associ-
ated Press, lin addressing the national
assembly, Gustav Adolph Bauer, the
premier, abiding to the recent strikes,
warned the country against a hasty
revolution, which he said could oniy b.
n counter revolution resulting in dis
aster.
The premier admitted that the great
masses of the people had ground for
discomfort and said II was the gov
erhment's task to remove any just rea
was a law regulating workers councils
and economic councils, which the gov
eminent would draft.
There would also be a bill, the pre-
mier announced, to nationalist electric
power stations and sociallze the produc-
ton Of ignite, The premier offered .
long exposition Of the governments
policy which, he said, was one of social
ization. He declared that the social
cation OF other mines would follow
that of the ignite mines and said a
democratic state possessing railways.
? electricity and mines would be in a po-
sition to give to Germany's economic
life that form of contentment whicfl
he considered right and possible.
The premier, continuing, said the
workers councils with the district eco
nomic councils and headed by the i'm
perial economic council which II waa
proposed to establish, were regarded
by the government as ~forerunners and
the eventual pillars of specialization.
The governments policy, he added. also
would be devoted to preventing tn
s%uperfluous importation of luxuries. and
especially the exclusion Of all import
which would be most likely uufavorabie
to Influence the labor market.
we shall need to work and to alb
hor revenge" the premier said In con
clusion. We shall have to renew our
national life and give national thought
on the foundation Of the league OF
nations idea On the growth and the
strengthening Of that idea our hope
must rest and from that must come
a revision Of the peace treaty"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-24
BIG BRITISH FIMAMCIER
DIES IN SCOTLAND

LONDON, July 24-Sir Edward Hop
kins Holden, managing director Of the
London city and Midland bank. Ltd.
and one Of Great Brltain's foremost
fiuanciers. died yesterday In Scotland
after a brief illness. He was a member
Of the British deputation sent To the
United States IN 1915 to float the Anglo
French $500 ,600. 900 loan, He was inter
esled in American progress and adyo-
Gated using the banking system OF the
United States as g model for Great
Britain. Sir Edward was created a
baronet IN 1919. He was II years old.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-24
RACE DISORDERS
ONE Of NATIONS
ACUTE PROBLEMS
Rioting Between Whites and
Blacks Pointed Out as One
Of the Results Of the Recent
Great Conflict.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
Especial Correspondent OF The Newt
Crl,aiN

Seimitar.N
WASHINGTON. July 24-Warfare
between blacks and white, with scores
OF casualties, political warfare be-
tween friends and foes Of the peace
treaty and league Of nations, quarrels
among Republicans about leadership;
complaints about MeXico's neglect Of
me liNes Of American citizens. an in
disposed president and days Of inces-
SAINT rain, have had a depressing effect
on the nations capital.
But OF all the acute problems which
the war has left on the doorstep OF tho
iuture, the officials OF the United States
goVernment-President Wilson and
members or ConCTeSS-noW realize that
race rloting is the nearest approach to
domestic disorder which menaces the
country.
Happenings in Washington are not
isolated Reports have come IN telling
OF clashes between blacks and whites
in other parts OF the country. Nor is
I confined to the United states. Eng
lahd and Wales have Just passed
through a period Of race rioting and
thelr troubles are by no means over.
tor many months officials Of the
government have been hearing dire
predictions Of what would occur after
the negro troops had ~returned from Eu-
O Warnings against the promisCu-
Gus sale of firearms and the carry
ms OF concealed weapons were given.
indeed in the District Of Columbia II
was NOT until the race rtoting broke out
aIresh last week hat severe sentences
were imposed upon those caught carry
ing reyolvers. Federal legislation to
prohibit the unauthorized carrying Of
weapons is now proposed but is as vet
TO Oe acted upon by congress.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-24
B0LSHEVIKI READY
TO QUIT PETR0GRAD

WASHINGTON, July 2A.--Ninc trains
are being held in readiness by the Bol-
shevik authorities in Petrograd with
the expectation of making IA quick de-
parture from the city, the state de-
paltment was Informed in Swedish
press advices.
The food situation In P%etrograd CON
tinuea TO grow more serious and some
Of the population have been going prac-
tically without food for a number Of
days,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-24

Is to be used for the education OF
American soldiers, sailors and marines
in the world war, their children and
descendants.
The Ida Noyes hall. a $500, 900 social
center and gymnasium at the Univer-
sity OF Chicago for women students, was
his memorial to his wife, a well known
writer and artist who died in 1912.
Mr., Noyes was born In Genoa, N. Y,
In lSi9. lie was graduated from Iowa
state college In 1872.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-24
KING SEEKS HONOR
FOR LLOYD GEORGE

LONDON, July Fixing George ia
eager to bestow an honor on Premier
his services in the wal and the peace
conference and the form the honor Is
to take is being discussed In court cir
CleS, saws the Mirror.
Premier Lloyd George would not &C.
cent a pcerage. the newspaper assets,
ia the highest honor in the sovereign's
gift. is practically confined to peers.
although an exception was made in
the case of Sir Edward Grey In 1912.
The Mirror suggests that II the Grey
precedent is followed some special hon.
or may be created.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-24

All children troubled with worms have
an unhealthy color, which indicates poor
blood, and as a rule there is more or
TASTELESS chill TONIC given regu-
iarly for two or three weeks will enrich
the blood, improve the digestion, and
act as a General Strengthening Tonic
to the whole system, Nature viii then
throw off or dispel the WORMS, and the
to take. soc per bottle. adv.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-24
MEMPHIS SERGEANT
AWARDED WAR CROSS

WASHINGTON, July 2A-Gcn. Per-
shing has cahled the following list Of
d'~stinguished service cross awards:
Capt, David W. lillard, Etowah.
Tenn,
Lieut.. Douglas NJ. Lyons ~(deoeascd),
Fort Henry, Tenn
Sergcans William T.. Sellers, Chester
field, s, c.; Joe II. Vaughn, Bon Aqua,
Tenn, Joseph G. FnRle, Memphis, Tenn.
corp. Leonard Anderson, Hillsboro,
Tenn,
Privates Sam Mullins, Togo, Miss.
Thomas j Wilson. Chattanooga. Tenn.
william N, Cooper Cdeceased), Knox
vile, Tenn,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-24
PARKER REFUSES TO
RUN FOR GOVERNOR

NEW ORLEANS. July 24-John NJ.
Parker. progressive nominee in 1915
for vice-president, but now a Demo
crat, formally declined here last night
to become a candidate for governor OF
Louisiana. His stand was made known
in a letter in reply to a committee Of
Depocrats which urged him to enter
the race. He gave as his reason that
he needed rest from public life after
serving as state food administrator.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-24
Bitterness Has Grown.

The people have no means Of remov-
ing their commissioners or other Of
ficials as all are appointed by the pres
ident.. Disciplinary measures might
have been taken with an adequate po-
lice force, Every day Of delay has only
served to embitter both sides.
There are plenty OF instances in
which negroes going about their bust
ness without making even an unfriend-
ly gesture have been set upon in the
general aggressiveness OF the evening
mobs, Similarly in retaliation negroes
in their W section Of the city have
heaved missiles at innocent whites.
The fault Is on both sides with a
good deal of the blame on whites who
should have exercised more self-con-
troll. Plenty OF white pedestrians testi-
fly that white hoodlums usually foreign
to Washlngton's population but brought
here by the war, nave been at the bot
tom Of many Of the disturbances,
Police action In proper time would
| have nipped this.
The national capital has about 1885,
900 negroeS-practically a third Of the
| population. Under normal conditions,
the two races live peacefully with rare
ly a clash between them. Since the ar
mistice, however, fights have been nu-
merous. B~ootlegging has been flourish
Ing between Baltimore and Washing
ton. Negro drivers OF army trucks
have been developing a spirit of reck
~lessness, and motorcycle riders have
been equally lax. Familiarity with the
use of fire arms has introduced a
tendency to employ weapons at the
| slightest provocation.
Other cities might as well profit by
| Washington's experiences neglect OF
the ristol-toting evil, a failure to stop
the whisky traffic among negroes, and
an inadequate police force.
Copyright, 1919, by The News Scimitar)
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-24
CHICAGO PHlLANTHROPlST
WHO AIDED YANKS DEAD

CHICAGO, July 24.-LaVerne W.
Noyes, manufacture and r~hilanthropist.
died early today of a complication Of
diseases,
Most recent Of his philanthropic gifts
was the establishment Of what Is known
as the LaNerre W. Moves foundation.
n fund of 81, 500, 900, the income OF which
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-11-18
HOW STRANGE THINGS
SOMETIMES HAPPEN

81 want to write you to let you
know that | have taken more doses
Of Mayr's Wonderful Remedy, and
Fave gained 10 lbs. in the last two
weeks, although | am thinner around
the waist than before, because the
floating in my stomach has all gone
end | am feeling like a boy again.
There never was anything in this
world half as good as this medicine. :
1t is a simple, harmless preparation
that removes the catarrhal mucus
from the intestinal tract and allayf
the inflammation which causes prac
tically all stomach, liver and intesti
nal ailments, including appendicitis
One dose will convince or money re
funded. For sale by City Drug Stor
and druggists everywhere.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-11-18
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR

LEAVE ~ oGGG "fsS"
Nolce is hereby given that on the 3rd day
Of December, A. d. 1918, will apply TO Hon.
orable Kelsey Blanton, county Judge In and
for Polk county state Of Florida, at his ONCE
in Barlow, in said county, for an order au
thorizIng me, as guardian Of Willard Beale
smith and Catherine Lois Smith the minor
heirs Of A. l. Smith, deceased, to sell at prl-
yate or public sale the following real estate
belonging to the estate OF said minors. same
being in Polk county, Florida, to-wlt:
Thirty-fiye acres of Of the north half o.
lot (Sl three, out Of section twenty-one (2l)
township twenty eight t2s), range twenty-foul
l24), OF Polk county, Florida, according Y
the government survey. Also roadway O
twenty (2o) feet wide on Of the east side o.
the south half Of lot three (S) from th'
northeast corner to the southeast corner o
said south half Of lot three t3).
Said minors have an undivided Interest u
said property. Such application to be base
upon petition now Sa file In the ONCE OF SAL
Judge. ,o,o
ass7 LoTTlE NJ. SMITH. Guardian.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-11-18

citizen by reason of his activity as a
sponsor of good causes and the finan-
cial aid he renders then. AS matter
of course he went to Harvard College,
served with distinction in the civil
war, winning the title of major, AMI
then entered the banking business
The fortune that he has made he has
shared to large extent with Harvard
University and with institutions in tho
city of Boston. His leading title to
national fame is his patronage and
control of the famous Boston Sym
phony Orchestra, which ranks among
the great orchestras of the world.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-11-18
an THE'DAY'S NEWS

Henry Lee Higginson, financier and
nhilanthropist, who today reaches the
age of four-score and five, is a native
of New York. descended from an old
New England family, who has come
n he REGARDED as Boston's leading
The Irish standard., 1919-05-17

commercial interest with you, I
am to assure you they will seek
every means to establish and ex-
tend 1t; and it has given the most
sensible pleasure to have those in.
Rtructions committed to my care.
as ! have ever retained the most
perfect good will and esteem for
the people of Ireland
Not only by Franklin, speaking for
the new American nation, but by the
Congress of that nation itself, was
thanks given to Ireland and acknowl.
edgment made of Americas debt to
Erin, in the famous Address to the
People of Ireland" adopted by the
Continental Congress at Philadel.
phia, July %, 1875.
There are those that say-it would
be hard to believe that they really
are convinced of the truth of what
they say, were it not for the fact that
prejudice often lends more force to
opinions-more violent and destruc-
tive force, than calm truth may do
there are those who say that free
Ireland means an open gate for the
enemies of England. to enter that
island, and that it would constitute
standing menace to the peace and
safety Of the English people. For
those who hold that view, the Great
War has been waged and won in vain.
II the opinion holds and prevails that
the peace and safety of any nation
depends primarily upon the subjec-
tion Of weaker peoples, and armed
dominance over the lesser in favor of
the material interests Of the greater,
then has the Great War been waged
and lost; lost for all; lost for every
nation under the sun; and the future
holds nothing but warfare, or the mis-
erable troubles and intrigues and fes-
tering rebellions which lead up to
war. Unless, on the contrary, justice.
which is based, and can only be safely
based, upon the religious, the Chris
tian knowledge of what Justice is
based upon the law Of God. and not
the selfish interpretations Of imperial
lists, and materialists-unless, i say,
justice become the basic principle Of
the treaty at Paris, Americas parti-
cipation in the war will become the
most saddening ironical failure Of all
history.-Michael Williams. in tho
Catholic World.
The Irish standard., 1919-05-17

The committee in charge Of the
ceremonial for the public meeting of
An Dali Eireann did a singularly wise
thing. They dispensed with any cere-
m0nial. No robes, no mace, no vel
veted sergeant-at-arms; not even
wigged clerks of the house. The dep
uties came through the great audi
torium at the Mansion House rich
clothed only in their associations.
Plain men who had faced death with
their ideas. The crowd robed them,
realized that the mace was absent
because the only fitting mace was
worn in place and in safety on the
gunrack; preferred a straight young
volunteer as a person much more ap-
propriate to the occasion than some
thing venerable in plush knee
breeches.
As for clerks of the House, Rfst-
card O'Fodhlugha needs no wig to
give him an air of importance. There
was no stage-managed spectacle. That
win do when the serious business is
over. The great white-faced audience
thought 80. too. Gripped by the ex-
-alting mystery of the moment. they
remembered nothing. There was no
ceremony about the birth Of Christ.
The rebirth Of Christian Ireland viii
be followed in Gods good time with
the gold, frankincense and myrrh And
perhaps even the foreign kings win
come.
asln N.AInm An Atarr-"In the Name
of the Father"
Tho deputies were in their place.
The Irish standard., 1919-05-17
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN FOR
IRISH INDEPENDENCE

But the most remarkable of the
numerous utterances of Franklin is
taken by Mr.. O'Brien from a docu-
ment which, strangely enough, is not
printed in any of the editions of
Franklin's works, and which appar-
emily has escaped the attention of
American historians, though the orig
inal printed copies thereof are on file
i'll the records of the Public Record
Office in London. 1t is "An Address
to the Good People of Ireland on Be-
half of America" written in Versailles
(where soon the new treaty of peace
will be signed), October 4, 177S. The
address begins with these words,
which are as exactly applicable today
as when the philosopher penned them:
The misery and distress which
your ill-fated country has been so
frequently exposed to, and has SO
often experienced by such COM
bination of rapine, treachery and
violence, as would have dis
graced the name of government
in the most arbitrary country in
the world, has most sincerely af-
fected your friends in America,
and has engaged the most serious
attention of Congress.
After explaining fully that the Col
onies were fighting not only for con-
stitutional liberty, but commercial lib
erty as well, and drawing attention to
the analogy between the cause of Ire
land and that of America, he says:
But as for you, our dear and
good friends of Ireland, we must
cordially recommend to- you to
continue peaceable and quiet in
every possible situation of your
affairs, and endeavor by mutual
good will to supply the defects
of administration. But il the
government, whom you at this
time acknowledge, does not, in
conformity to her own true inter-
est, take of and remove every re-
straint on your trade, commerce
and manufacture, am charged to
assure you, that means will be
found to establish your freedom
in this respect, in the fullest and
amplest manner. And as 1t is the
ardent wish Of America to pro-
mote. as far - her other engage
ments viii permit, . reciprocal