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TEST BLAST SINKS
MONITOR PURITAN
Warship Is Torn But
Chicks Are Safe.
TUGS ARE SENT TO RESCUE
Explosion Causes More Dam
age Than Anticipated.
CAT SURVIVES BIG SHOCK
Ordnance Ofrirrrs of Navy and Army
So Sea-Fighter Wrecked In Ei
pertinent With TJnoonflncd
Xitro-Glycerlne Gelatine.
FORT MONROE. V., Not. 15. High
explosive tests on the monitor Puritan,
anchored In Hampton Roads today,
damaged the vessel so seriously that It
was necessary to send a hurry call to
the Norfolk Navy-Yard to have tugs
sent up at once to tow the battered
warship to drydock. The tests were
required by a provision in the ordnance
appropriation bill, passed at the last
session of Congress.
Two explosions were made, each with
200 pounds of nitroglycerine gelatine,
unconflned excert as to thin covering
of sheetiron.
In the first te.-t the high explosive
was placed against the side of the after
turret of the monitor; In the second
against the sidn of the vessel Just
above the water-line.
Damage Heavier Than Expected.
Naval offfcers and experts present
acknowledged that more damage waa
none than they anticipated.
Tne first explosion cracked the side
plates of the turret, which was eight
Inches thick, and forced It inward about
eight Inches. A cat and two chickens
placed inside In the -same positions that
the gunners and slghter would occupy
were not killed.
The second explosion beat in so badly
the ten-Inch side plate of the vessel,
thereby opening a big hole below the
water-line that the stern of the boat
sank to the bottom in less than two
minutes after the explosion.
Water Fills Compartments.
As the Puritan draws IS feet and
was only in II feet of water, she did
not disappear below the surface, but in
a few minutes at least one- of the big
compartments was almost filled with
water which waa pouring up from be
low deck and over the stern.
Until the vessel Is drydocked It will
be Impossible to determine the exact
extent of the damage or how much of
the lower part of the vessel was flood
ed. It was not believed, however, that
the armor plate waa cracked, although
It was bent and stove In.
The water waa pouring in. It was
thought, through holes below the armor
belt, which extended tt feet under
water, or through seams caused by the
tearing apart of the plates. At the
point where the second test was made
the vessel's plate waa 10 Inches thick.
Second Blast More Severe.
Of the two explosions, the second
was the more severe, the hydroglycer
Ine causing the monitor to shake as If
she had been struck by a small earth
quake, and It was even felt slightly
by other vessels 1600 yards away.
Captain Austin M. Knight, president of
the special ordnance board, who re
mained on the Puritan to discharge the
explosive, said the shocks were severe.
While It was not shown positively that
the new explosive, the invention of Wil
brd SL Isham. Is more destructive than
the present form, which does its work
from the Inside rather than from the
outside. It waa practically acknowledged
that serious consideration must be
given ft.
Powder Experts Present.
Meet of the Navy and Army officials
and powder experts who went down to
witness the tests were aboard the tug
Wahneta. Among them were Rer-Admiral
Mason, chief of foe bureau of ord
nance: Chief Constructor Watt, of the
Navy; Major O'Hern, of the ordnance
department, and General Arthur Murray,
chief of the coast artillery.
An soon as the Puritan is drydocked.
the special board on naval ordnance, com
posed of Captain Knight, president; Lieu
tenant Commander Richard H. Jackson
and Philip R- Alger, professor of mathe
matics at Annapolis, will examine her
Injuries carefully and make a report.
EXPERTS' COXTENTIOX REFUTED
Experiment On Monitor Puritan Pre
sents Xew Problem.
WASHTNOTON. Not. 15. The result
1 of the experiment on the monitor
1 Puritan, refutes the contention of
1 naval ordnance officers that the ex-
plosion would not materially damage
I the vessel, but would follow the lines
I ( least resistance and spend Its force
I aupward and outward.
I The probem that now presents lt-
.eix. is oy wnat means could a similar
nconflned charge be placed and ex
ploded along the aide of a ship In time
sf war. Some officers Intimated the
thrshlp might be utilised for dropping
ttia explosive on a man of war. al
hrugh they emphasized that an aerial
craft would have to be at least 6000
f-et above a battleship to be outside
the range of Its guns while the bat-
jUeslilo would present a small target.
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PASSENGERS LAND
BUT FACE FAMINE
WRECK SURVIVORS STRANDED
OX KATALLA ISLAND.
Storm Shuts Off All Efforts to Aid
Marooned Company of Steam- ,
ship Portland.
CORDOVA. Alaska. Nov. 15--E!ghty-three
persons, comprising the passengers
and crew of the wrecked steamship Port
land, which was beached In the mouth
of the Katalla River Saturday, are
stranded on Katalla Island, the storm,
which broke soon after the passengers
were landed from the wrecked vessel, is
raging with increase fury and all ef
fort to go to the aid of the marooned;
passengers have proved unsuccessful.
There are few people living on the
island and the food awpply is small. It
Is feared that If tho passengers and crew
of the Portland are not taken off soon
they will be forced to undergo great
hardships, owing to the. failure of the
food supply.
The steamship Alameda tried for 12
hours to enter the stormswept harbor,
but was finally compelled to give up the
attempt and turn bark. The telephone
line, the sole means of communication
with the island, went down kmt night,
and the etrandod passengers are entirely
cut off from the outside world.
The Government has been appealed to
for aid, requests having been made for
a revenue cutter to be sent to Katalla
to take relief to the passengers.
BONI SOURCE OF RUMORS
Count Uinta at Gould Marriage in
Order to Strengthen Credit.
NEW TORK. Nov. 13. (Special.) A
New Tork friend, close to the Gould
family, said today that the real source
of the report that Count Bonl de Castel
lane waa to marry Miss Anne Morgan
was no other than Bonl himself. Already
on the strength of the rumor he has ob
tained large loans from Paris usurers.
The informant said:
"Miss Morgan waa no more civil to him
than she was to a host of other titled
she met abroad. Yet, not long
after her return to the United States,
Countess Jean de Castellane made the
statement that Bonl was to wed Mtoa
Morgan. It seemed much of a foregone
conclusion' that the Count was to be
come matrimonially allied with '-ne
American house of Morgan and as a re
sult thla most versatile nobleman has
been able to borrow close to $100,000."
$5,000,000 VOTED FOR FAIR
San Francisco Votes for Panama
Pacific Exposition Bonds.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 15 By a ma
jority that will probably exceed the ratio
of JO to 1. the charter amendment sanc
tioning the Issuance of 5,000,000 city
bouda to be sold for the purpose of fur
nishing the proposed Panaroa-Paclflo In
ternational Exposition in 1915 was car
ried today. Only slight and scattered
opposition waa found.
The $5,000,000 added today to the expo
sition fund brings the total to $17,500,000.
Several other amendments were adopt
ed. Hereafter the Mayor, County Clerk.
District Attorney, Auditor, Sheriff, Coro
ner and Supervisors will serve four-year
terms In office. All candidates' names
shall go on the ballot at the primary
election without party designation.
CAVALIERI IS CANISHED
Opera Star Agrees to Remain Away
in Return for Chanler Money.
NEW TORK. Nov. 15. (Special.)
Llna Cavalierl has acquired more Chan
ler money. Not much this time, a mere
trifle of $25,000 or so. She did not
have to say, "I love you" to get it;
she merely said, "I agree not to come
to America to sing during the operatlo
and concert season of 110T11."
It was learned tonight from an au
thoritative source that Cavallorl had ac
cepted a certain sum which was un
named, from one of the Chanler fam
ily direct and In return had agreed to
remain abroad. To do this she has
bad to break all her contracts calling
for operatic and concert performances
In this country during the present
season.
2 STEAL $15,000 GEMS
Jeweler, Aged 78, Shows Diamonds,
Patron Seizes Tray.
STEtTBENVTLXiE, O.. Nov. 16. A tray
containing diamonds valued at $15,000 waa
stolen from the Jewelry store of W. G.
Spies here today hy two well-dressed
young men.
They visited the store yesterday and
purchased a diamond ring, for which
they paid $300 cash. They returned today
and asked to see uncut stones. Spies,
who Is 78 years old. placed a tray on the
counter before them. He was then
called to the rear of the store on some
pretext by one of the men. The other
dashed out of the store with the tray,
while his companion escaped by the rear.
HEIRESS TO WED AVIATOR
De Desseps Wins Grace McKenxle,
Daughter of Railroad King.
NEW TtRK. Nov. IS. The engage
ment of Comte Jacques de Lesseps. the
Frenoh aviator, to Miss Grace McKen
xle. the youngest daughter of William
McKenzle. a millionaire railroad man
of Toronto, waa annnounced here to
day by Comte Bertrand de Lesseps,
brother of the aviator.
Comte Jaques de Lesseps met Miss
McKenxle at the Toronto aviation meet
He is a son of Ferdinand de Lcaseps,
the famous 'French. ' engineer.
TOLSTOI ILL, BUT
IS IN NO DANGER
Inflammation of Lung
Attacks Author.
DAUGHTER ATTENDING HIM
Wife, Sons and Former Foe of
Countess Board Special.
OLD QUARREL FORGOTTEN
Two Doctors by Aged Writer's Side
at Astapova Give Encouraging
Reports Friends Say Novelist
Sees Death Approach.
TUT-, A. Russia, Nov. 15. Count Leo
Tolstoi Is suffering from bronchitis
and owing to a high fever Is In an
extremely weak condition. A message
from his daughter, Alexandra, who Is
nursing him at Astapova, giving this
Information, adds that the physicians
say no Immediate danger threatens.
Tolstoi suffered from a severe attack
of bronchitis In the Winter of 1909 and
as a result was susceptible to the dis
ease again when he exposed himself to
a long Journey In the cold and rain.
Three Attend Patient.
The home of the statlonmaster at As
tapova Is quite comfortable . and the
patient is rocelvlng skillful attention
at the hands of Dr. Makovetsky and
another physician. In addition to the
care of his daughter.
According to the diagnosis of the
physicians, Tolstoi is suffering from a
catarrhal inflammation of the lower
lobe of the left lung. His heart action
Is good. , His maximum temperature
today was 102, falling at times to 9$,
which Is practically normal. Ills pulse
was at 104, dropping to 90, and his
respiration Is fair. The physicians add
that expectoration and diuresis are
sufficient and that the patient has en-
Joyed tranquil sleep. Is in good spirits
and Is resting quietly.
Wife and Sons Hasten.
Altogether thla Is considered a sat
isfactory report, particularly In view
of the high temperature which was
maintained yesterday and the symp
toms of mental distress which Tolstoi
waa said to have developed.
Countess Tolstoi, after the first shock
caused by her husband's abandonment
of his home and family, displayed as
tonishing energy this morning and In
sisted upon being taken to the Count.
Accompanied by her sons and Count
Vladimir Tchertkoff, who formerly
was Tolstoi's representative In Eng
land, she proceeded to Astapova by
special train.
Illness Causes Reconciliation.
The illness of the author brougnt
about the reconciliation of the Countess
and Tchertkoff, whose embittered feel
ings In recent months caused Tolstoi
much anguish. Count Tchertkoff was
summoned by telegraph to Yasnaya
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INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TESTERDAT8 Maximum temperature. 62
degrees; minimum. 8 decrees.
TODAY'S Fair, easterly, wlnda
Foreign.
Count lo Tolstoi 111 at Astapova, Is In no
danger, say physicians. Page 1.
National.
Champ Clark likely to be Speaker of next
Home. Page A.
While explosion tears and sinks monitor,
cat and chickens are unscathed. Pace 1.
Panama Canal completion promised by 1913.
Pace 1.
Politics.
AJthoua-h they lost Governorship. Republi
cans control Idaho Legislature. Page 8-
Montana Legislature Democratic; W. A.
Oaks may run again. Page 6.
Representative Howard D. Taylor, of King
County, la selected In conference to be
Hpeaker of next Washington Legislature.
Page 4.
Multnomah delegation undecided which of
two leading legislative honors to seek.
Page 14.
Official count of Multnomah's state ticket
Is completed. Page 10.
- Iometlc.
Count surrenders to Chicago authorities, bat
plana fight on wife's family. Page 1.
Standard Oil Company wins sweeping de
cision In Government case. Page &.
Prices of meats show general decline. Page 1
Invasion of Rock Springs by armed Mexicans
found to be only rumor. Page 6.
Sports.
Multnomah plays Willamette fnlversity to
day at football. Pave 8.
Tactile Northwest.
Sumpter Development League aounds warn
ing against wildcat mining. Page tt.
Witnesses examined In college row develop
fact that story of attacks may prove
false. Page 8.
Brewmaaters of Northwest would stem tide
of local option. Page 7.
Shipwrecked paasengcra and crew of steam
ship Portland on Katalla Inland without
supplies. Page 1. ,
Deputies slexe power plant at Electron and
force cayment of HJ2.16- In back taxes.
Page 7.
Commecllan and Marine.
Steady Thtnksgtving turkey market ex
pected. Page ID.
Chicago wheat makes further advance.
Page 18.
Good wheat crops in Southern Hemisphere.
I'age IS.
Union Pariflc bought with Paris money.
Page 10.
Steamer Roanoke libeled for repair charges.
I'age 1.
Uog market weak. Page 10.
Portland and Vicinity.
Opinions on the home-rule law. Page ft.
Heney coming to West to close land-fraud
cases. It la thought. Page 12.
Oregon 6tate Bar Association may publish
names and offenses of lawyers of whom
complaint Is made. Page 14.
Mayor Stmon to recommend city tax levy of
6 mills. Page 12.
Governor-elect West and Jay Bowerman to
open convention of Oregon Development
League at Salem. Page 9.
United States Senator Smith, of Michigan,
here inspecting waterways for commis
sion. Page 6.
Acme Mill in Albina destroyed by Ore; 80
workmen ascupe. Page 4.
John Cort says Portland will get all attrac-
tlona routed this season. Page 14.
Streetcar tracks widened for new bridge.
Tage 8.
Publicity campaign now on drawing settlers
to Pacific Northwest. Page 12.
GIRL'S PAST" QUESTIONED
Iloxle Asks Police About Sweetheart
Before Proposing.
CII1CO, Cal.. Nov. IE. (Special.)
The local police have"een asked by L.
R. Hoxle. of Phoenix, Or, to make a
report on the past of a girl he is at
tentive to, so he can decide whether he
wants to marry her.
"I am going with the girl and am
thinking of marrying her," he writes,
"but before proposing I want to know
something about her past There are
rumors that while she lived in Chlco
she was not as good a girl as a man
would like to have for a wife. Have
the police find out about it and let
me know so I can decide."
The police refuse to act on the re
quest It is expected they will send
the letter to the girl in question, as
they express the opinion that Mr.
Hoxle has exceeded his authority In
asking them to do his private detec
tive work.
ALL MEAT
ES
ARE GOING
Fall Gradual, However,
Says Armour.
BIG CORN CROP HAS EFFECT
People Warned Not to Expect
Too Much Immediately.
DECLINE IS WIDESPREAD
Pork Products and More Expensive
Cuts of Beef Dead Way Poul
try Follows Decline, but
Eggs Are Dearer.
CHICAGO, Nov. 15. J. Ogden Armour
said today the whole tendency in the
prices of stockyard products was toward
a lower schedule. He also said the de
scent would be gradual and warned the
public against too hastily accepting the
belief that a drop .from the highest to
the lowest prices was due.
"The packers' prices to the retailers
are based entirely on what we have to
pay for the live animals' said Mr. Ar
mour. "Generally speaking, prices are
lower and I believe they are working to
wards a still lower level. The present
situation la the result of the enormous
corn crop and of previous high prices
that stimulated everybody to raise live
stock. "The public Is getting the benefit of
political conditions and should get fur
ther benefit as the increased supply of
livestock reaches the market
"The recent high prices of meats and
packing-house products cannot be at
tributed In any way to the packers nor
to any combination or persons or firms
engaged in the packing-house industry.
It has been due to conditions that de
veloped from a scarcity and a high price
for corn, which is the basis of the sup
ply of livestock.
"Conditions In livestock, raising are
bigger than any packer or set of pack
era Our prices are based on what we
have to pay for livestock and the sooner
the people and the world at large realize
that, the better it will be for everybody.'1
EFFECT OF DECLINE GENERAL
Wholesalers' Red actions 1 leach Con
sumer In Most Instances.
CHICAGO, Nov. 15. (Special.) Re
ports from all over the country Indi
cate a general decline In the prices of
meats, although there are some cities
in which this change has' not reached
the retail markets. . In these instances
the invariable statement Is made that
retail dealers heretofore have been
making no profits or even have been
selling at a loss, and that the reduc
tion of the wholesale prices is giving
them a chance to get even.
The larger cities of the North all
noted today a reduction in the prices
of some meats, pork products leading.
The rule was not so general in the
South as to meats, but poultry at
Southern points decl.ned almost with
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LOWER
COUNT GIVES UP
FIGHTS FOR WIFE
DE BEAUFORT CHARGED WITH
NONTATMENT OF DEBT.
John Alexander von Mowlrk de
Beaufort Decides to Sue Father-in-Law
Alienation Charge.
CHICAGO, Nov. 15. (Special.)
Count John Alexander von Mourlrk de
Beaufort surrendered to the majesty of
the law today.
He did so under violent protest and
after withstanding the siege of a Mu
nicipal Court bailiff, who was kept
waiting1 for five hours in the hallway
of the New Southern Hotel.
The officer had tried in vain all day
to serve the summons In two cases In
which the count is sued for alleged
non-payment of debt and bad prepared
for a long siege of the apartments
when the count finally but not grace
fully gave in, accepted service and de
clared the Incident closed for the pres
ent The count Is prepared to put up a
vigorous fight to prevent his wife from
separating from him and announced
his intention of suing bis father-in-law,
M. H. Kllgallen, for alleged alienation
of his wife's affections, "in the event
of the countess being persuaded to
leave."
The count accused his father-in-law
of treachery In the former's alleged ef
forts to separate the count and count
ess, and said the 11,000-word manu
script he himself had written charac
terized Mr. Kllgallen as a "liar." Count
de Beaufort telephoned Dr. D. McAr
thur at St. Luke's Hospital that he
would take action at once to compel
the hospital authorities to permit him
to visit his wife.
THORN PIERCES EYEBALL
Popnlar Whitman Student Meets
Accident on Fruit Farm.
WALLA WAIiA, Wash., Nov. 15.
(Special.) Struck In the eye by a thorn
on a limb of a tree, Cushing Baker, of
one of the best-known and wealthiest
families of this city, may lose the sight
of that organ. At first It was thought
he was entirely blind in his left optic,
but specialists today give him ijopo that
part of the vision may be saved.
The young man. who has for several
years been a student at Whitman Col
lege, has taken up fruit farming on a
large scale, and while at work among
his trees met with the accident, a limb
snapping back and striking a thorn in
the pupil of his eye. He Is under care
of a specialist and will not be able to
use his eye for several weeks.
MAGNATE ORDERED JAILED
Not Until Cell Looms Ahead Does
Mnltl-Mllllonaire Obey Court.
BUTTE, Mont, Nov. 15. (Special.)
James A. Murray, multi-millionaire and
one of the best-known capitalists in the
Northwest, today was sentenced to Jail
for contempt of court by District Judge
J. J. Lynch, there to be confined until
he was ready to comply with the court's
order to turn over mining stock valued
at about 5,000 in the Butte Monitor min
ing case. In which Murray Is the plain
tiff. Mr. Murray refused to comply with the
court's order until the officers were
ready to carry out the court's order,
and then he yielded. Mr. Murray is ex
tensively Interested In Seattle shipyards
and real estate In that city.
'PERFECT' MAN COLLAPSES
Ex-Champion Strong; Man Drops
Dead of Heart Disease.
LTXX, Mass., Nov. 15. Charles Orrin
Breed, of this city, formerly world's
amateur champion strong man and a
leading Methodist Episcopal layman,
dropped dead from heart disease.
Three years ago Mr. Breed was exam
ined by Dr. Sargent, of Harvard, and
pronounced perfect so far as physical
proportions were concerned.
Mr. Breed was M years old. As a young
man he became famous for his extraor
dinary strength and traveled through
out the country giving exhibitions of
muscular prowess, meeting strong men
everywhere and .never once being de
feated. TAME OWL FLIES 860 MILES
Diner Picks Barnyard Fowl Vp.
Wireless Chess Match Played.
VICTORIA, B. C. Nov. 16. The
steamship Zealandla, which arrived to
day from Australia, had on board a
California barnyard owl, which alighted
Saturday 860 miles from the nearest
land.
Another feature of the voyage was a
chess match by wireless between Cap
tain Phillips and four passengers of
the Zealandia and Mr. Frick and four
passengers of the Makura. The game,
which was won by the ealandia in six
moves, began when the steamers were
In sight of each other and the last
move took place when they were 400
miles apart
DOGS SAVE HUNTER'S LIFE
i
Supposed Wildcat Proves to Be
Bear and Gives Chase.
WILBURTON, OkhT., Nov. 15. When
hunting near here yesterday, J. H. Wil
liam's was attacked by a black bear and
seriously Injured. Believing a wildcat
was in a thicket, Williams tried to stalk
It, when the bear rushed out at him. He
fled, but was soon overtaken and crushed
to the ground.
Williams' dogs rushed In and attacked
the bear, driving it away and saving the
huntera Ufa .
COMPLETED CANAL
IN 191 3. PROMISED
Taft Told End Will Be
Ahead of Time.
PRESIDENT INSPECTS WORKS
Massiveness of Big Dam Par
ticularly Impresses Him.
)0ST TO BE WITHIN LIMIT
Official Opening Date Still lie'
mains January 1, 1015, Although
Ships Will Use Passageway
at Own Risk of Delay.
PANAMA. Nov. 15. The Panama Canal
wlir be completed December 1, 1913. This
Information was given to President Taft
today while the President was inspecting
the famous Gatun dam. The official
date of the opening remains January 1,
1915, Lieutenant-Colonel Goethals desir
ing one year In which to train the canal
tenders and to get the machinery work
ing smoothly.
Ships, meantime, will have the privil
ege of the canal, but at their own risk
or delay.
In addition It wae announced by Col
onel Goethals that the report that Pres
ident Taffs 'visit was the forerunner of
a request for another $100,000,000 from
Congress, was unfounded.
No More Money Needed.
The canal will be completed in 1913, he
said, within the 1375,000.000 already au
thorized. The President was pieased at the out
look for early completion and congratu
lated Colonel Goethals. He expressed
amazement at the work accomplished
since his visit in February, 1909.
He displayed a knowledge of the tech
nical details that surprised the officials,
his familiarity dating back to the time .
he was Secretary of War, when he ad
vocated a lock canal as against a sea
level system. He was greatly surprised
at the Immensity of .the dam. some Idea
of which can be gained from the fact
that the train was under way nearly
three hours on the spur tracks overrun
ning the great fills.
Dam Absolutely Safe.
The visit of President Taft has utterly
dispelled any fears gained from sensa
tionalists respecUng the stability of tho
dam base, which is half a mile wide and
so gradually sloped that It could never
be recognized as a dam.
Colonel Goethals explained that In- (j
formal opening of the canal in 1913
necessitated immediate action on the
part of Congress relative to toll rates,
because 18 months would be required
by shipping interests to adjust their
rates to the new routing.
The President expressed himself as
delighted to find the efficiency of the
workers increasing daily. The canal is
beginning to take the form of a water
way and this accelerates the Interest
of the employes, thus hastening com
pletion. Goethals Is Sanguine.
Colonel Goethals is not officially
promising that the canal will bo com
pleted in 1913, lest contractors' delays
and trouble with supplies Interfere, but
Is sanguine of accomplishing the feat.
Regarding landslides In Culebra cut,
all possibilities of their recurrence have
been estimated and provided for.
The President also rode over the re
located railroad. He briefly addressed
the Americans engaged In the canal work (
at a reception tonight, given undr they
auspices of the Young Men's Christian
Association and the Red Cross. He will
Inspect Culebra cut tomorrow and In the
evening will dine with President Arose- i
mena, this being the occasion of a st;ite
function.
On the homeward trip the President ,
will go ashore at the proposed naval base
at Guantanamo for a few hours Saturday
afternoon. ,
ENGINEERS APPROVE CANAD
100 Members of American Institute
Say Work Good.
NEW YORK, Nov. 13. Approval of
the way in wnlch the Panama Canal is
being constructed is given by more
than 100 members of the American In
stitute of Mining Engineers, who re
turned to New York today, from tho
canal zone. The institute chartered a
boat for the trip. A report was signed,
which was given out on their return.
"The present plan of file work is
clearly practicable," says the report.
and the best in our Judgment that
could be devised under the conditions
Imposed."
A canal at a lower level and especial
ly at sea level Is virtually out of the
question, the report continues, since
one cannot estimate Its cost or guaran
tee Its definite completion and main
tenance at any cost Even if completed,
says the report, a sea level canal would
be Inferior to the present lock canal
by reason of Its necessarily narrow
and tortuous channel and Its liability to
many disturbances from ' which tne
lock canal will he comparatively free.
It is added that there Is no reason
for any anxiety as to the stability
fha froa, Gatun (tarn,1
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