MORXIXG OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, AUGUST 15. 1914.
DIAGRAM SHOWING COMPOSITION OF TWO GREAT OPPOSING FLEETS IN NORTH SEA
FINAL PLANS MADE
Fl
Crew of Steamer Ancon Gets
It Ready for Voyage Through
New Highway Today.
FULL CARGO TO BE TAKEN
R CANAL OPENING
Cnitcd States Finds Itself In Posi
tion to Admit Commerce to Water
way Fonr Months Ahead
of Sclicduled Date.
CANAL ZONE HISTORY M BRIEF.
First crossing of Isthmus. Septem
ber 23. 1513.
First vessels to cross Iithmai, 1514.
carried by Balboa and his men.
Settlement of Old Pnm. 151T.
First thought of canal, credited to
Savadera. Spanlah engineer. In reign
of Charles V.
Flrat survey for canal. 1581. by
Spanish.
First British Interests, latter part
17th century.
First decision to build. 1814. by
Spain, blocked by colonies.
First French Interests. 1825.
First action by United States. 1835,
Charles Blddle sent by President
Jackson to visit the Isthmus and re
port on routes.
First report by Blddle 1836. favor
ing Panama route.
First railroad built, from 1849 to
1855.
First canal building begun. 1878. by
Universal Interoceanlc Canal Com
pany. Incorporated In Paris by Ferdi
nand de Lesseps. who had built the
Suez Caaal.
First failure, 1887.
First digging by Americans. May 4.
1904.
First onion of Atlantic and Pacific
waters. October 10. lfllS.
First vessel to steam through
canal, crane boat Alexander 1
Valley. January 7. 1914.
PAN'AMA. Aug:. 14 The Canal was
the scene of activity tonight In prep
aration for Its opening tomorrow.
On board the steamship Ancon offi
cers and men were busy setting every
thing shipshape for her start early in
the morning on the first voyage of
a big ocean-going steamship through
the new highway. The Ancon. 10.000
tons register, owned by the United
States War Department and leased to
the Panama Railroad for the New
York-to-Colon trade, has not dis
charged her cargo, as It Is planned to
have her make the journey fully
loaded.
WASHINGTON', Aug. 14. More than
four months ahead of the date set
when the board of consulting engi
neers in 1906 estimated that It would
take until January. 1915. to complete
th r.inama Canal along the lines then
under way. the United States Gov
ernment finds itself ready to begin
business tomorrow in selling tickets of
passage to ships of all nations through
the new gateway.
It is Just 10 years since the Gov
ernment advertised its purpose to con
nect the oceans. It Is nearly 400 years
since a Spanish engineer first sug
gested such a project.
For a time the epoch which this tri
umph of engineering marks will pass
unnoticed, bo far as celebrations go.
for it is not until next Spring that the
great demonstration will be made, but
from next Saturday on the Panama Ca
nal will be an accomplished fact, and
the world's -commerce will gradually
accustom itself to this new groove.
Questions to Be Answered.
What It will mean to the world at
large, and to particular nations, and
especially to the United States, is, a
question around which a great deal
of controversy has waged, now to be
answered by the Canal itself.
After the passage of a Government
steamer tomorrow any ship up to 10,
000 tons register applying for admis
sion to the Pacific from the Atlantic,
or vice versa, may be conducted
through the 50-mile waterway upon
payment of $1.25 for every ton (net)
of cargo. Crew and passengers will not
be taxed.
At this expense some two months'
sailing time on a 10.000-mlle voyage
around the South American continent
may be saved, or the expense of trans
shipment by railroad done away with.
If desired.
Canal Cost 9400,000.000.
The Canal has cost the United States
nearly $400,000,000. That is approxi
mately what De Lesseps. the French
engineer, figured it would cost when
he undertook the Job in 1889. but he
spent that and more In making only a
slight impression and ended in utter
failure and financial disgrace.
A year from this time it is figured
the Government will have to show re
ceipts of some $15,000,000 to pay the
operating cost of the Canal, which will
be about $4,000,000 yearly, and the in
terest on its huge investment. Whether
It will be able to do so this year, or for
many years, is a moot question.
Traffic experts have estimated that
10.000.000 tons of freight will be car
ried through the Canal every year for
the first few years and that later it
will be nearly doubled. This, roughly,
has been the experience of the Suez
Canal. Last year nearly 6000 ships
passed through the Suez, with a net
tonnage of more than 30.000.000. The
growth in tonnage in 10 years had
been more than 70 per cent
WOMAN ARTIST IS MISSING
California Officers Seek Japanese
Pupil on Suspicion.
MONTEREY. Cal.. Aug. 14. (Spe
cinl.) Miss Helen Smith, a well-known
artist who has been living In Carmel
for the last four years, has been miss
ing since Wednesday noon and George
KodanI, a Japanese, is sought by the
county officers, who have been working
on the theory that she has met with
foul play. The Japanese has been Inter
ested in art photography and has been
in the habit of bringing his composi
tions to Miss Smith for criticism, pre
vious to submitting them to magazines.
Immediately after her disappearance
the Japanese came to Monterey.
Medford ' Pears Are Stored.
MEDFORD. Or.. Aug. 14. (Special.)
The Bartlett pear crop is being har
vested, but a large proportion is being
put in cold storage pending a settle
ment of the, war situation and the ex
pected rise in prices. Heretofore a large
proportion of the Rogue River Valley
fruit has been sent tc Germany. Eng
land. Denmark. France and Belgium and
If commerce with those countries is
permanently Impaired local fruitralsers
Icai they will suffer material loss.
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NEWS TO BE SENT
French Government Proposes
Newspaper for Soldiers.
here, were attacked in the mountain
passes near Glenalum. Sheriff's posses
hastened to the scene and a search of
Ihe surrounding country was begun.
ASKED
LINK WITH HOME DESIRED
Minister of War Proposes Measure
as One of Comfort for Men at
Front and as Means of
Arousing Emulation.
totc .- 14 An official commu
nication issued today says the French
government has decided to issue a daily
news bulletin for distribution among
.i. tj. , i,mn This would be com-
nit: i i-1:' i- . . -
posed of reports of field operations and
of important events in France, the ob
ject being to create a strung
tween the French soldiers in the field
and their relatives.
Adolphe Messimy. rrencn Minister ui
War. writes:
"Our armies cover a front of more
than 250 miles from the North Sea to
Switzerland. Each soldier Is given
over to the impressions of the moment
and of the place where he is. and is
without news of the others and with
out news of the war.
"I believe it to be necessary to send
to all those fighting under these con
ditions the comfort of a daily news
paper I would have the soldiers con
stantly measure the importance of
their individual effort in the national
task and by this thought create among
them a generous emulation.
"I wish the soldiers to learn with
a.. ...,. ih nation surrounds the
. v, wivos and the children
consecrate themselves to tneir great
task a task glorious tuc
sacrifices are the price of the inde
pendence of our country and of the
grandeur of France in the triumph of
right and liberty."
Premier Vivian! approved of the suggestion.
BASE LINE CASE IN COURT
Judge McGinn Scores County Com
mission on Paving Action.
Fifty-one witnesses in Circuit Judge
McGinn's court yesterday testified that
they had remonstrated against the
hard-surfacing of the Base Line road,
some because of the assessments
against their properties and others be
cause of their belief that the contract
to the Warren Construction Company
was let through fraud.
Judge McGinn upheld the former.
"Speaking as a citizen and not as a
Judge, I think the County Commission
should have gone into this matter a
little more thoroughly," said Judge
McGinn, "but as a Circuit Judge I have
no right to settle this dispute, as it is
of a political nature and not of a Judi-
.(, the wives and tne cnuareii ciai one., i win let nus t
Thev have left behind them while they ished before I will decide, but I am
llie no... i,. (k.(, rmt ..nu. vk.i nw that T helie.ve the
VICTORY REPORT SENT
GERMAN AMBASSADOR AT WASH
INGTON ADVISES CONSULS.
Russians Have Evacuated Poland and
North German Army Is Planning;
for Battle, Is Word Sent.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 14. The Ger
man Consul here has received'the fol
lowing telegram from the German Am
bassador at Washington:
"Poland has been evacuated by the
Russian troops, which are now massing
their, forces farther back. The Ger
man north army, after having taken
possession of the greater part of Liege,
advanced its outposts as far as Tirle
mont and Namur, where a decisive bat
tle is expected. It is only a question
of short time before the forts will fall.
The outer forts of Longwy are silenced.
...r.i c V. armv enrni st Relfort.
which pressed our advanced guards, was
thrown oaca to tne vasch -.....
with heavy losses by the Fourteenth
Baden Corps, whose left wing, assisted
by the Fourteenth Austrian Tyrol
Corps, has taken up the offensive."
DEL NORTE TOWN BURNS
Requa. at Mouth of Klamath River,
Is Willed Out.
CRESCENT CITY, Cal.. Aug. 14. The
entire town of Requa, Del Norte Coun
ty, at th mouth of the Klamath River,
was destroyed today by fire.
The village general store, the Requa
Hotel, two saloons and the town public
hall, were among the buildings de
stroyed. Requa is a small wooden town, and
the loss will not be great, though the
discomfort and suffering will be severe
for several days. ,
TWO SLAIN FOR $15,000
Robbers Attack Virginia Mine
Guards Carrying Payroll Cash.
ROANOKE. Va., Aug. 14. Two
guards bearing $15,000 to pay miners
at Glenalum. W. Va., were shot to
death and robbed near there today by
a band of highwaymen.
The guards. Joseph Splller and D. C.
Amlck, according to reports reaching
GUNS TO ANNOUNCE CANAL
OPENING.
Twenty-one guns from the cruiser
Boston firing a salute will announce
to citizens of Portland this morning
the exact moment of the opening of
the Panama Canal to commerce, and
immediately thereafter there will be
a pandemonium of bells and whistles
In the city In celebration of the
event. The celebration will begin
at about 11 o'clock.
Police and fire bands will play at
Fifth and Oak streets and at noon
a luncheon will be held under the
auspices of the Chamber of Com
merce at the Commercial Club. A.
H. Averlll. president of the Chamber,
will preside and representatives of
e'ery commercial organization in the
city will be present. Speakers will
be J. X. Teal and H. B. Miller. The
entire celebration is under the aus
pices of the Chamber.
County
matter.
Commission should settle this
LEBANON MAYOR STRICKEN
Executive Dies Few Hours After At
tack of Heart Disease.
LEBANON. Or.. Aug. 14. (Special.)
A. E. Zeising, Mayor of Lebanon, died
last night of heart disease.
He was stricken while at his place
of business in the early afternoon and
was taken to his home and at 5 o'clock
had a second attack, from which he did
not rally. He died at 11 o'clock. He
was 54 years old.
Street Railway Increases Wages.
BALTIMORE, Aug. 14. Upward of
3000 employes of the Baltimore street
railway system today received an ad
vance ID Wilgca. .mo im, D..v,. ... ,
creases the company's payroll $200,000 against German.
i .. n rt I tu Enrn AlMfLlwl
a year and gives an average nitreoc ua
25 cents a day to the conductors and
motormen.
I0NLY CREDIT
Morgans Explain French Loan
Would Not Take Out Gold.
PRODUCTS TO BE BOUGHT
Proceeds Intended, Rankers Declare,
for Use In Making Purchases
in America Administration
Will Be Obeyed.
NEW YORK, Aug. 14. J. P. Morgan
& Co. announced today that they had
not been requested by the French gov
ernment to negotiate a loan here, but
had been approached on the subject by
private interests, and that they would
not care to- entertain the matter should
there be the slightest doubt on the part
of the State Department of the propriety
of negotiating such a loan.
"We have not been asked by the
French government to make a loan."
reads the announcement, "but we have
been approached by private interests
to know whether we would entertain
negotiating a loan for the French gov
ernment in case the government should
desire such a loan. It was stated to
us that if the loan should be made it
would be for the purpose of creating a
credit in the United States, the pro
ceeds of which would be used to buy
American products for the French peo
ple, and that no part of the credit
would be used for gold exports.
"Immediately on receipt of this m
nuirv we communicated the fact to the
State Department.
"We advised tne state uepai tine.,..
i....ntiv nf anv leiral right to
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lend to belligerents we would not care
to consider the subject u tne jummu
istration should have the slightest
doubt in the matter. We have not as
yet been advised of the attitude of the
department."
THRILLING ESCAPE TOLD
CANADIAN STATESMAN HAS HARD
TIME LEAVING AUSTRIA.
Hugh Sutherland, Who Has Friends in
Portland, Sees Servians Shot for
Refusing to Carry Arms.
Hugh Sutherland, member of the
Dominion Parliament from the prov
ince of Manitoba, had a thrilling es
cape from Austria on the eve of the
declaration of war by Great Britain
Mr. Sutherland is a close mend oi
Rev and Mrs. Oswald W. Taylor and
Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Clark, of Portland.
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T IS to be regretted that such an
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SB the Panama Canal should occur
Hip At-
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A dispatch from London, under date
of August 3, says:
"Hugh Sutherland, of Winnipeg, ex
ecutive agent o the Canadian Northern
Railway, passed three startling days In
returning from Vienna immediately
the war was declared. He was the
only Canadian in that country, and de
layed leaving owing to business af
fairs. "He walked two miles to the German
frontier and another two before he
could board a train for Belgium. It
was impossible to use paper money,
so a party of Englishmen clubbed to
gether to get breakfast, the last meal
served.
"When boarding the train near the
frontier a German officer attempted to
haul Mr. Sutherland off. He hit him
in the face and felled him.
"Every seat wa taken in the train
from Vienna. Hundreds struggled for
standing rbom, and the usual palatial
cars of the Oriental express were taken
off at the first stop.
"Cattle trucks were used to do the
three days' trip. Near the border, while
the train was standing at the station,
he saw four Servians shot by Austrian
officers for refusing to join the Aus
trian ranks. Every few hours all the
passengers were commanded to leave
the cars, which were taken for troops'
He changed cars ten times in one
night
"At Cologne the station was deserted
and Mr. Sutherland carried his own
baggage. He arrived at Brussels at 6
o'clock on Sunday morning. Fourteen
hundred British refugees were on the
boat from Ostend to Dover. Mr. Suth
erland Is in good health.
"He declares he found Austria apa
thetic, but Germany terribly terribly
bellicose."
Norfolk Suits
at Reduced Prices
Attractive patterns in thoronphly nod wool tweeds, chev
iots and fancies at decided reductions from normal prices.
Boys' $ 5.00
Boys' $ 6.50
Boys' $ 7.50
Boys' $ 8.50
Boys' $10.00
Every Child's Wash Suit Hnlf-Priee
Bathinp; Suits for Boys Reduced Boys' Straw Hats Half
Price and Less
Second Floor.
BEN SELLING
.Morrison Street at Fourth
SHIPPING BILL ON SNAG
vigorous orrosurioN IN SKNATE
IGNORES PARTY LINES.
itgned today,
KOtldtM
Mercury 9 9 at La Grande.
LA GRANDE, Or.. Aug. 14. (Spe
cial.) For the second time this Sum
mer the thermometer registered 99 here
this afternoon, a neat record seldom
experienced In this valley.
The total number of teachers In Illinois
public schools in It I:: was :;o.
Galllnger Declares Admlslon to Coastal
Trade Means More to Brltnln
Than War Victory.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14. Serious op
Ymsition to the provision of the con
ference report on tne emergency ship
ping bill which would open the coast
wise trade to foreign-built ships ad
mitted to American register, was voiced
in the Senate today by both Democratic
and Republican Senators.
Senator Gallinger declared foreign In
terests had spent large sums of money,
"directly and by way of advertising."
to break down the coastwise laws. He
declared the provision would bo a
greater aid to Great Britain than a
great victory on a battlefield.
After several hours of debate, devoted
chielly to arraignment of this propoaal,
the opposition Senators agreed to a
vote Monday.
Paraguayan Treaty Signed.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 14. A peace
commission treaty between the United
States an,l Paraguay wa
... . L . S 4 . , t, nnvpiil
by Secretary Bryan. Eighteen have b
ratified by tne enaie.
LIMIT IS GIVEN KIDNAPER
Vendor of Hand Scnl to Pi IMM for
From to SO Ycnr.
NEW YORK. Aug. 14. The maximum
sentence of from 25 to 50 years In
Sing Sing was imposed today on 1's.s
quale Mllone, leader of the bnnd thnt
kidnaped 8-year-old Frank Longn from
his home on the East Side and held
him captive for 49 days.
Francesco Malacuso. another memher
of the band, was sentenced to from 13
to 25 yenrs In Sing Sing, while a third
member, Vlnceno Acena. was sen
tenced to from 20 to .10 years. SI
more alleged members of the bund are
in the Tombs awaiting trial.
Tli roe Killed at Km
ANNA. 111.. Aua-. 14. Three men wore
killed at Dongola. III., today, when the
wall of a burning building lell. i n
Ore destroyed halt the business section
. m .u.. ....... i. ii.n hiillillnirv
tiurned were the postofflce, the First
Nntlonal Bank, tno ixi.ironows iisii.
Hve stores and a restaurant. The losi
is estimated at S200.00(K
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