THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 24, ' 1908.
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BE BUILT
Time Required to Finish
. Great Work Calculated
About Seven Years May
Be Required to Finish the
Ditch and Locks.
OREGON ELK DELEGATES AT TEXAS CONVENTION
AS THEY APPEARED TO CARTOONIST BLACKMAN
i By CriKDKlUC 3. HASKIV.
(Copyright. ISOS. by Fredorl J Haskln.
Washington, D. C, July 2 4.
When the last stroke of work n
the big (lam at this place hnH lpn
.. struck, 1'ncle Sam will bo ready to
present his gigantic ditch to an ap-
plaudlng world. That time will ho
. K.me years In the future, as there is
much yet to be done. Twenty mil
s lion cubic yards of material will have
.to be put Into It, the biggest set of
locks In the world, requiring 1,300,-(-
006 cubic yards of concrete ma
sonry, will have to be constructed,
and 14 pairs of gates will have to
be designed and built. But when
all the experiments have been com
pleted and the work of constructing
, the dam begins In earnest, it will go
forward with a rush. With the three
main walls of the locks aggregating
eome 9,000 linear feet, it will be
possible to work 20 concrete mixing
plants at once. In a recent piece of
. construction work In the states a
single mixing plant maintained for a
considerable time an average of 4 00
cublo yards of concrete put in place
' per day, ana a maximum oi sou
cublo feet was reached.
Assuming that on the ions only 10
.plants work constantly, with an output
of ISO cublo yards each per day, they
oould finish the locks In 620 working
days, or two and a quarter years. At
- this rat they would be using about
4,000 tons, or about 125 carloads of ma-
- terlal a day, whloh Is less than a fif
teenth Of the weight of material taken
from Culebra cut every day. Add to
this time the four years the board of
consulting engineers estimated It would
take to make the excavations for the
look sites, and the one year they figured
It . would take to build the lock gates,
and even if the three operations could
not be carried forward at the same time
It would be only a lltUe moro than
seven years from the time the work
.begaA until it shall have been oom
,. pleted. But the excavations are pro
ceed lag so much more rapidly that the
work will probably be done several
..years earlier tnan the board of engi
neers expected.
It is therefore pretty safe to assume
that some time not long after the end
of the year 1812 that eventful dny will
, dawn when the canal will be opened to
traffic. It is easy to imagine that it
will be a irreflt riav. No nation Is no
remote from the center of civilization I
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OF FUGITIVES
Graft Prosecution Officers
Close on Trail of Al
leged Dynamiters.
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(UulUd I'reM LeiMd Wire.)
Marysville, (Tal.. July H.-Officers
returning from a camp near here today
announced that they had found new
traces of both Peter Clnudlanes and
Felix Padeauvarls, who are wanted In
San Francisco In connection with the
Gallagher dynamiting casus.
The detectives working on the ease
are convinced that both fugitives are
still within five miles of this city and
they are tracing half a doren clues in
the hope of apprehending them.
At the cami) where the officers spent
most of the night, they say they learnou
positively that Peter Claurtlanes had
neen there recently and received as
surance -4ht -I'adeauvaris had joined
him. . .
Tkv mnv the fmrltlves were informed
of the state of affairs in Ban Francisco
and of the confession of John Clau-
dlanes by friends who hurriedly sent
word to the camp as soon as me iniui
matlon became public.
inriUnir in the storv at the camp.
the men Immediately struck out to Join
Greeks In more seauestered Places in
, .nH the Ornvllle rearlons. There
are a number of these camps in whloh
Greeks spend the summer months.
Peter I laudlanea is Known iu imvc
no, ti, trrnrih nf Julv In Chlco when
John, his brother, was vainly searching ,
for him. ., ...... 1
The detectives realise inai iney ui
h,M cane on their hands, as the
Greeks here and in all the camps are
afraid to give much information and
undoubtedly have given aid to the
fugitives, who probably are receiving
regular reports of the movements of
the officers.
KILLER LEAVES
FIBBER AS CLUE
San Francisco Police Look
ing for Murderer in Xeed
of a Surgeon.
WHAT'S THE MATTER
WITH COOS BAY R. R ?
E. H. Ifarriinan Will Be
Asked Regarding Delayed
Project by Delegation.
Marahfleld, Or., July 14. For the pur
pose of determining Just where B. H.
Harrlman stands regarding the long d
and
Jorth
layed railroad to Coos Bay, a delegation
or prominent Aiars
Bend men will make
nates summer horr
Falls, In a few days.
rip to the mag
near Klainat
1 lie action was decided on at a meet
ing of the Marahfleld chamber of com
merce, at which all the commercial bod
ies on Coos Hay were represented. Fol
lowing are the men who will wait upon
Oregnn's railroad king:
Mayor I J. Simpson of North Bend,
C. A. Smith of the C. A. Smith Lumber
A Manufacturing oompany, Mavor E. E.
Btraw of Marahfleld and C. J. Mills, the
Coos Bay representative of the Southern
Pacific Interests.
EXPRESS PAPER
PESTERS BANK
Bankers Start Movement to
Put Companies Under
Banking Laws. ,
(United Press Lsued Wtft.)
Duluth. Minn., July 14. Demanding
that express companies submit to the
regulations of banks if they continue M
handle money orders, members of the
Minnesota Hankers' association today
started a crusade which they hope will
become popular throughout the United
BtAtcs.
The bankers allege that the express
companies as common carriers have no
tight to do a banking business uiiIchn
they submit to examinations by tho
state and federal banking departments.
ExnreHS money orders sent to the banks
to pe cashed cause a great deal of trou
btav and annoyance and this Is believed
to be the cause of the attack.
At the Instance Of, and under the patronage of the United
Btates government Edward R. Squibb established his Brooklyn
laboratories In the year 1858. The governments of the United
States, England, Oerrnany, France and Kussla are today his best
customers, and that, too, only bcauss of the unapproachable ex
cellence of the Squibb Product.
that it will not feel the benefits
canal will afford. It Is probable that
no nation will consider Itself too far
removed from the scene to have repre
sentatives of its navy. Its merchant
marine and its people there to take
Fart in the great celebration. Long be
ore the last shovelful of dirt has been
disposed of the United States probably
will send out Invitations to the nations
of the earth to help celebrate the suc
cessful termination of the immense task
of breaking down th barrier which
:v since the beginning of time has sep
arated two oceans. Warships, steam
ships. Bailing vessels every kind and
condition of craft will brave the dan
gers of the deep to help make niemor-
able the event
Hard to Foretell.
No one is prophet enough to foretell
how much the completed canal will
mean to the world's commerce. W;
know that it will bring every port of
! Europe nearly 7,000 miles nearer to the
western part of the United Suites, Can
ada and Mexico. e realize that It will
bring our own Atlantic seaboard 8.000
. miles closer by water to our Pacific
coast than it now is and that Canada
will Snjoy a corresponding benefit. We
recall that it took the Oregon 65 days
- to sail around Cape Horn when, had
ths canal been built, she could have
made the trip in 19 days. We r told
that a million tons of merchandise an?
annually landed on the isthmus by th
1,000 steamers which visit Its ports m
that time. We recognize that the vent
trade which now noes through thc
StrattS of Magellan and around the
Horn will pass throuph the Panama
canal. But we cannot more than
roughly predict the great diversion of
trade which will take place or the
changes on the map of the world which
Will result.
The capture of Constantinople by the
Turks resulted In the discovery of
America. It cut off the great n.ate to
India and the orient and pio;.p.-,i ti e
rich trade between the west and the
. east. Thus It was that Columbus whs
led to sail west In search of a passage
which the Turks could not cut off. it
. started e Oama on his 'rip tiroi:nd th
Caps of Good Hope, also l; B-r-h of
another' passageway to ln1fa nml the
east. The Panama ennui will not lca.ii
io the discovery of another hemisphere,
but as -the closing of a 1 i : . r- of travl
eld leaa to tne oiscovrrv
then known world, were deserted and
all but abandoned. Their commercial
supremacy passed ty forever. And
while they were losing their grip on
the maritime situation other cities be
gan to rise and figure as the centers
of the world's rommerce. So will It be
with the ononlne of the Panama canal
With a deep waterway from the great
lakes to the gulf the whole of the vast
Mississippi basin will find an outlet
direct to the markets of the world
Grain rates from Chicago. St. Louis
Kansas City. New Orleans and Galveston
to Pacific points will be cheaper than
a railroad could ever give. l ne great
central plains of Canada, with their
vast output, and still vaster possibili
ties, of. grain, will find it cheaper to
reach the oriental markets by way of
the ' 'he Mississippi river and the fanama
canal, ah or this will give the great
Mississippi valley an important posi
tion in the commercial affalrB 'of the
nation even beyond that she already
noias
Sir Walter Raleigh once exclaimed
that the nation which controlled the
Isthmus of Darlitn would rule the world
The ruirillment or the prophecy seems
near. A United States waterway means
a deep United States Interest in the af
fairs of the Pnrrlhean, and the day may
yet come when the dream or Jefferson
shall be realized a confederated West
Indies under an American protectorate,
Porto Rico Is already ours. Cuba is
under our protection. Jamaica Is prov
ing no longer an important asset to
England, and the growing desire of the
commercial Interests of the Island for
annexation tn the United States may
yet be gratified by friendly treaty. San
liomingo and Hayti are gradually drift
ing to the point where each will require
a guardian and the United States will
not let any other nation assume such a
role.
Mexloo's Ambition.
Even In Mexico the wish for annexa
tion Is said to be strong. President Diaz
himself being reliably reported as hav
ing said that within 50 years Mexico,
with a half billion dollars of American
money invested In her enterprises, will
be seeking a political union with the
I'nlted States. Stranger things have
happened to the map of the world than
that Canada, whose Interests, alms and
aspirations are one with our own, should
ultimately become a part of us. and so
we may yet literally fulfill a predic
tion made several hundred years ago by
t he far-seeing Raleigh.
It Is probable that in the decade or
two following the completion of the
canal the tolls collected from It will not
pay for Its upkeep and t lie Interest on
the investment. If It costs J3i)0,000,000,
ttie Interest on that amount at only 3
per cent would be $.0on.0inj a yar. Add
to that Jlinrt.nou for upkf-ep, and at the
rate of toll charged bv the Suez canal
$1.70 per ton -It would take 5.000,000
tons of cargo a year to yield enough toil
to make the enterprise break even com
mercially Hut wiille may not expect
much In the awy or additions to a sink
ing fund on the cost for a good while,
the experience of many canals Is that It
will ultimately pay ror useii commer
op vom-
From the Fort Worth (Tex.) Star.
SO by the opening of a t,.-w llr. ,.f tn,'
the canal will lead to the discovery
DOW worms oi commerc-.
Commercial Bupremacy.
ThS action of the Tutks In cjtt!::g r f f
a route to the east ended the world su
premacy Of Genoa, i f Kionn e and i f
Venice. Their harbors, ome t-enoni:
with Shipping from the erMs of the
.j (nally, nr.t to count the Immense strat
f i ecic advantage It will give the United
States. Tho tonnage of the Suez canal
Increased from 436.609 tons In 1 B 7 0 to
S 44S.3S3 In 19K. and to 13.401.83S In
1 904. The maximum yearly dividend
permitted Is li per cent, and there has
to be a constant lowering of tolls to
keep them down to that point.
Tho total tonnage of the Kiel canal
has Increased from 1.-500,000 In 1 896 to
4,890.000 In 1904. Our own "Sno" canal
shows remarkable Increases in traffic,
perhaps beyond anything Its promoters
ever dreamed of Its total tonnage to
dav is about 2o,00n.no0 tons as compared
with 8,i")00,000 tons in 1890. It is ex
pected that ultimately the Panama canal
will be as much ahead of the "Soo"
canal as the "Soo" Is ahead of the Suez
today.
Perhaps the most immediate benefit
the American people will derive from
the canal will be the opening up of new
trade with South America. Under the
stimulus of this great waterway Amer
ican enterprise will doubtless enjoy a
new awakening, and will pu-h itself into
the opportunities which await it In" that
land of promise beyond the equator. To
day South America buys only one dol
lar's worth of stuff from the United
States where she buys seven from Eu
rope. On the other hand we buy more
of her exports than all the rest nf the
world put together. Rvery student of
economy concedes that there Is nothing
to prevent our getting as much of her
import business as we get of her ex
port business except indifference to the
opportunity. The Panama can-il may b
expected to change this, and If It does
with all its tremendous cost It would
still In the long run be a pretty cheap
missionary. The canal Is a work which
will benefit humanity as long as the
world shall stand, and which will hasten
the day when the federation of the
world and the parliament of man will
be an accomplished fact.
SULTAN YIELDS
11 P
Issues Imperial Edict Call
ing Upon People to Elect t
Parliament.
(Hnlted Pres Leated Wire.)
Constantinople. July 24. The sultan
today Issued an Imperial proclamation
calling upon the people to elect a par
liament soon. It is believed this is i
forerunner of the formation of a con
stltutlon, which the sultan recently an
nounced he would grant the people.
Vienna, July 24. --Word was received
here that the entire Turkish garrison
of Uskub vilayet, in Kussovo. mutinied
today. The dispatches state that over
500 solders are Involved in the mutiny
which Includes nearly all the civilian
nonulatlon.
Leaders of the "Young Turkey" idea
are said to be at the head of the latest
revolt In the Balkan region.
A force of loyalists is marching
against the town and a battle is ex
pec ted.
RAILWAY f Ell
III POLITICS
Nebraska Association of Em
ployes to Decide Be
tween the Parties.
AH canvas shoes st cut prices POe
a pair for women's $1.25 white canvas
oxfords; 79c a pair for boys' $1 50 can
vas ehoes; 95c a pair for men's $1 50
and $1 75 canvas shoes. Sample Shoe
Store Co.. 208 Morrison, also corner
First and Madison.
(ftx-tal Plipatch to The Journal.)
Omaha. July 21. Leaders of both po
litical parties are manifesting a lively
interest In the meeting called for this
city tomorrow of the Nebraska State
Railway Employes' Protective associa
tion. The association has been In ex
istence six months and is aald to have
a membership of 18,000. It now pro
poses to enter politics as an organiza
tion and It Is understood that the meet
ing called for tomorrow is to discusa
what course the organisation shall pur
sue In regard to the presidential con
test. Whether the support of the asso
ciation will be thrown to Judge Taft or
to Mr. Bryan is a question to which
the leaders so far have declined to re
turn a definite answer.
(United Pre Leased Wire.)
South 6an Francisco. July 24. Sher
iff Robert Chatam of San Mateo coun-
Is today scouring this section of
the country with posses looking for an
unknown Greek, of whom he had an ac
curate description, and who is accused
of having murdered Stoyan Steff, a
witness in a murder case here yester
day, because he was the only witness
that could convict the defendant.
Steff was stabbed 11 times in ine
face bv bis unknown assailant and
seven times through the body. While
the fight was in progress, Steff caugh'
the right forefinger of the murderer in
his mouth and bit It off. The sheriff
hopes to capture the murderer through
the clew thus furnished.
The murdered man is tne tnira man
of a former bakery firm of five, jnani-
bers here to be killed within tnree
months. The fourth partner, Toder
Kinroff is In tail awaiting trial on the
charge of having killed the other two
men. Steff was the only witness to the
quarrel that ended in the death of the
two.
Steff was murdered In the basement
of the Western Meat company's build- ,
Ing, where he was employed as watch-
man. The murderer fled at the ap
proach of workmen, who removed the 1
wounded man to a local hospital. Ho
lived eight hours. In his dying state- j
ment, he declared that he had not rec-
ognlzed his assailant in the dark. j
yPg Ours is a Squibb Drug Store, and
Jfrtm'r if 'lie people generally only under-
9 Si ) stod. as the doctor does, the im-
fj & BjrfQU mense superiority of Squibb's med-
icines, as against all other manu
facturers, we would simply be
unable to handle our trade. A pre
i scription filled with Squibb's med-rftZvy-
icines means health to the sick and
T3r satisfaction to the physician. Ask
your doctor.
Some One Week Specials
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TWO 25c CANS OF MENNEN'S TALCUM POWDER 25f -
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NEWPORT!
YAQU1NA BAY
EIGHT WEST T0IXT j
3IEX ARE DISCHARGED
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
West, Point, N. Y., July 24. Hazing
received another solar plexis yesterday
when eight cadets In the United States
military academy were summarily dis
missed as the result or the practice
The cidets discharged are: Will
Ru.el, appointed at
Q. Wever of Illinois
first-class, and Byron Q Jones New
York; George W. t'hase. NewSorl; Wil
liam M. Prude, Alabama; Isaac Spauld
lng. Oklahoma; William Moltke, Vir
ginia, and James A. Gillespie of Penn
sylvania, members of the third class.
Last night it was learned that hazing
at the academy has been going on dur
ing the past three months. .Never, it
can be said, was evidence of hazing so
carefully and so skillfully concealed.
Kven the cadet officers were kept out
of tho secret, while as for the plebes,
as the fourth classmen are called, all
took the hazing uncomplainingly.
POOR INJUN WILL
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J sanitary regulations. J
: Summer Excursion Rates I
X From All Points in the Northwest
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. members of "the 1 Albany or Corvallis, thence Corvallis & Eastern Railroad, f
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. RATES FROM PORTLAND
Season tickets, on sale daily $6.00 2
Saturday-to-Monday tickets $3.00
Correspondingly low rates from all other points. Call at the
City Ticket Office of the Southern Pacific, Third and Wash- i
ington streets, in Portland, or at any Southern Pacific agency J
elsewhere, for complete information. "
(Special Dl(patch to The JonnMl.t
Chickasha, Okla., July 24. Decora
tions of flags and bunting are being; put
up In Entlclpatlon of the celebration
tomorrow In honor of the removal of
he restrictions on the Indian land.
While the Indians are the onlv ones
affected by the law the celebration will
be participated In by the Farmers' union
nd bv the citizens Renerallv. Ths chief
benefit of the new law Is that it will
enable the Indians to transfer their
nherltances without the interference of
the Washington authorities. The cele
bration will Include a parade and a pro
grain of outdoor festivities.
WM. McMURRAY
General Passenger Agent, Southern Pacific Co., Portland, Or.
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