RH AE OTE CANAL OPENED bY President Presses Button at the White House. PRACTICALLYCOMPLETES JOB i 1 Entire Canal Zone Population Attends | —Cost About $375,000,000— Vastness of Work Hard to Conceive. Fanama An eleetrie start ed on its 1.800-mile journey Presi- dent Wilson, White in Washington, technically eompleted the | Panama The nent the ending current, by at the House (Canal Gamboa barrier dike, the last perma blocking the union of seas, was blown up, figuratively task of years Cost About $375,000,000. | the heculean nine The cost HO0.000, forts of The the routes ously work aproximately and required the combined el countless thousands of men result changes the map of tl water West var Wo mile worle shortens between Kast and from 5.000 to B.( e¢ President .presse tle button desk he nai, « George on Ois arried by wire Ww builder of the EAave § her ence made memory. and cable Goethals here canal, Colone signal and of a vast throng gian ths dike + Gamboa a 1,227 Charges of Dynamite. ware 1.227 hundred and als broke the ¢ of dike pia ed dynamite Four exploded at once were jet go later, at detonation countless high i ie debris fell a that =» Under the charges of charges were the rest As fmpressive earth and longed cheer from Panama to ( fnto the interior. intery the great silence ons air nr pro were thrown even as the Arose a8 heard and for miles ‘plon Canal The canal was ery man, woman Canal Zone Among the event, besides were Lieut. George B_ Goethals and Mra. Goethals; Phililp Bunau-Varilla forgper Congressman Nic worth, of Cincinnati, worth, daughter of (CColone Captain Nilson of Raoul Artic ship the Fram fon heads except Col who Is ill at of others Colonel placed that President Wilson's signa only the top of the dyke into the air, mak fing a great picture, but only loosen Ing the barrier. A fleet of dredges was on hand to attack debris imme diately after the dynamite explosion and the loosened earth carried | away. The other charges were to be! get off subsequently and the Gamboa! dyke reduced by easy stages Dredges also will attack the Cura eacha slide as soon as the dyke is | gone, and the removal of that ob! struction will actually complete the | full junction of the Atlantic and Pa cific and open the Panama Canal Zone Population Attends. spectacular completion of the witnessed bs t and th practically ev il child In the Ee who saw Colonsl Goethals yas Long and Mrs. Long 1 Roosevelt Amundsen’s all of the divis D. D Gaillard, Baltimore, and thousands Goethals had the blasts go the 400 discharges on blew the was Vastness Hard To Conceive. It is hard for those not here on the | scene to appreciate the vastness of | this work, deapite the volumes have been written about it, figurés are staggering. wall of earth and tough — FARMER KILLED BY HAMMER. but the rock three | ~ Lured To Death, Brattleboro, Vt.--Walter Niclhwols, a farmer of West Guilford, 27 years old, was found murdered near his home His skull had been fractured by a blow. A hammer was found under his scription of Irving Wrisley, aged 30, the hired man on the Nichols farm, who has disappeared. Nichols’ wife and a horse and wagon are also miss. ing. OL. GEORGE W. GOETHALS . and three feet across around the earth at may get an idea 232,353,000 cubic the reduce to 4.4786, at have of the the splilways Wrap: times tor and you ¥ is meant by excavation which canal called for of a solid ards of ¢ Lr picture block the i } t uD % One rete mstruction gone into ihe « and the dams and varving in 1.040 feet 41 TAS imagine a river width om 3040 to fepth of from passing and wit} foet t Rtg ¢ ' 2 itt steps oa eve) RS feet through a nine cending by iountain and de level aud you have possible to go wean in 11 Oregon Horn war from ocean to nours battleship around American six fur. From the tO pass the DoDeEan 2 flight Gatun, on me lock at a flight of two at + yn the Pacific side iQ ¥ in e at I the great waterway vary eight from 47 to 82 and tho : mn largest ever designed by tl! font can vessels in & greatest an hour each The lox KS now Da and twice ging throug! anal began ti nears now pas Soo” 12 construction aEO peri wd sf time men lé Sam canal f conturies Seven years that time runs a during whic? a Panama Canal, a htened by big and nad by the lost fortunes of those dreams jarke who sought to make these dreams materialize ventures ing a in the Far East, the frat hardy ad Since the i id world passage the thought of the began the riches seak. western to ic} yf a canal Isthmus ofg Panama has fixed in the mind of orid Spain, England, Portugal and France have all at some undertaking fent ttarance to the ACross heen the w time to fall rast gave policy of “an embarked on it official Amer control” who the words the onis NAS Presi Grant who fi immder American President ¢ work for canal and it CR can Roosevelt substituted the “AYS GOVERNMENT IS ROBBED. Congressman Barton For Naval An mor Plate Factory Maintaining that In. to armor plate expendi the Government to “know without a doubt that it is being robbed by the Steel Trust.” Representative Barton, Repub lican, of Nebraska, pledged support to Secretary of the Navy Daniels’ plan to satablish a Government armor plate factory ' Speaking subject in Representative Barton re- viewed reports of the Govern. ment departments on the alleged Steel Trust armor plate monopoly and read a letter from Secretary Daniels “1 feel sure,” wrote the Secretary, Congress will not (fail back up the department in whatever steps seems best to obtain armor plate at a fair price. This Is too great a Gov. arnment to sit still and allow any two or threes concerns to fix identical prices Unless something Is done, they have the Government at thelr mercy.” Washington vestigation in had enabled systematically the the on House the to A A i ol COUNT KATSURA DEAD. Noted Statesman Was Three Times Prem er of Mikado's Realm, Tokyo - times Premier of Japan, is dead, death of Katsura is apt to The throw As headed the Premier he unpopular with the masses capital out popular with the people, THE CENTRE REPORTER, CENTRE HALL, PA, AGAINST SPY SYSTEM Coaches Called Unfair, Dr. Cal McCracken, Former Pennsyl vania Gridiron Star, Would Abol- ish Secrecy and Declares Against Locked Gates. Dr. J, Cal McCracken, former grid- fron star, in a lecture before the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania students, con- demned coaches and schools for the present spy system. Many schools send scouts to spy out the style of games of their opponents, he charged, and declared against this pracfice as unfair and unsportsmanlike. “If spying out practices are justi fiable,” said he, “why not pay a play- er to enter your opponent's institu- tion, make the team and keep you fully informed?" “Such a player might secretly in- stall a distograph in the rogm where blackboard talks are i 4 and so be able to sell nightly refords to all his team’s opponents.” “The members of the faculty of the college or university should that athletics desirable solutely necessary to best devel opment of the student and stu dent life If each teacher were fully in sympathy with athletics and athletic contests there greater sympathy and student, work done are and ab tae between friction and better | both Rosters would | made and examinations set on | dates which would frequently conflict with athletic Athletes would feel their | were interested In their | the field and this thought | do much toward wish conduct legs hy be less important events teachers SUCCess on alone the ; i would making | students to them: | selves In a manner worthy of the ap proval of instructors “All regularly and athletic sponsible to gldered tution dignity ly fill great student their i pi coaches i nstructors should be and the employed re the university con- | officers of regular This insti would give them greater | and could be and better men security consequent. | to are of | individual athletie obtained these positions, which importance If so instructor's pend more largely influence for good or contests had exerted ual contestant Prof. R. Taft the National to each an would the general | which such | individ: engaged, position not de | upon bad on the McKenzie Collegiate in which prominent, read be | Athletic | he fore association a paper tioned, as the most following fouf evils day system of athletics “1. The standard ances raised men. the | present of the of perform: the or all that that he ia up play he would otherwise kept is so high realizing outclassed, ing the game that enjoy that should be in his wey “ dinary student, hopelesaly gives and reach The com geparated from his with wtitor i848 elevated and a special class apart fellows requiring separate special diet and consequent privileges to make the drudgery less irksome “3. The publicity that accompanies the contests puts them into the class of public spectacies for which spec tators pay to see and 80 acquire cer tain rights over the players, who be- come mere performers Pressure is thus brought to bear on athletic au- thorities and rules committees to con- sider the spectator rather thang the man for whom the game should be designed “4. The winning of the game be- comes more important than the ob servance of the spirit of the law and the practice of play It is the professional motive, which 8 gain, replacing the amateur motive, which is the thrill of the contest.” i in quariers fai fal PETER VOLO SETS A WORLD'S RECORD The two-year-old colt, Peter Volo, driven by Tom Murphy, established a new worlds record for his age in winning the Horse Review futur ity for twoyearolds at Columbus, O., trotting the first heat in 2:06, and coming back in the second in 2:07, both being faster by far than any two yearold ever trotted be. fore. The best previous record for two-year-old was the 2:07% by Na tive Belle in the Kentucky futurity four years ago, Murphy also driv. ing the filly when she established the record Oidring Plays Anywhere, Since he joined the Athletics, Rube Oldring has played every position on the field except one of the battery places. This season he has played games in all of the outfield positions and shortstop. In past years he has played at second, third and first base. He only needs to be allowed to pitch a few balls and catch a few to have he was never a regular on the infield since joining the Athletics. Order New Yacht Race. A contract has been placed for a Herreshoff sloop by George M, Pynchon of New York and E. "Valker Clark of Philadelphia, to compete for the honor of meeting Sir Thomas Lipton's challenge for the America's cup next year. The boat is to be de livered in May, when the Vanderbilt syndicate sloop will also be in readi pess for trial races. 1 A regular team of and young human catapult is University in experience as sylvania university turns a captaig-—this b the the out #ach ine hia Brat “Ing Oi8 Br i kind of a football captain who can with the getting ¢ spirit of there I NINA lA ANANSI tPF FRANK GOTCH AGAIN RETIRES World's Champion Wrestler Will Nev er Return to Mat—No Man Can Win on Forever, Frank Gotch, world’s champi more than ground in Minnes wrestle no mo tur: years old 15 years in rr who acres of will last on the mat I'm mn nearly thirtyseven, the game [I've hs When a man gets past t a house a carpenter soon as completaly built »i Frank Gotch, gins to deteriorate, | know about wrestling now than at any life, but each year takes endurance. I'm nol afraid in the country but the have seen me at my best and want me to ‘come back. No man go on and win forever.” more time in AWAY any more of man now, don’t can Move Against Baseball Spikes. The long list of accidents to baseball players of the Toronto Inter national league team this season has moved President McCafferty to drastic action. the ing and appoint one delegate to attend a meeting in the offices of President ly used on the shoes of the players crosse spikes, which are of hard rub ber They Can't Ring Him, George Bell, with St. Joe, in the Weatern, has a record of winning 21 straight games this year, He pitched 19 while in the Wisconsin league and was recalled by the Saints, where he added two more to his string. This gives him second place among the pitchers of all time, so far as this feat is concerned. In 1886 the records show that some twirler pitched 28 games for the win column. Has Two More McLoughlins, Secretary Rouss, of the Pacific Coast Lawn Tennis association, says that there are two boys on the coast who in time will take the place of pres ent champion Mcloughlin. Roberts and Davis are the two youngsters, the former fifteen years old and the lat ter seventeen years of age. Griffin a Beaten Champ. Clarence J. Griffin, western tennis champion, lost to Norman Ambrose, an unranked player, in straight sets 9.7, 64 at San Francisco, husky captain of the f young the big young of Young in name, in the big team which oung \ se im as he is in © rT X pen in that role he look lean into shape, and First-Year Stars. CHANGE Rule on IN FOOTBALL CODE Onside Kick ls Revised Conference Held in New York— ction Regarding Officials in les in The entire code of football ru this season's plays was dis- dissected and interpreted at gathering more coaches team managers of game in New York the annual the ittee and effect for cussed of than one hundred and officials was ion meeting of rules com th Me The only rule that and to which will final version met this an be It has to do = of players i Hr objection addi incorporat was Rule 20 was made ed ith making addition will the iCRes in kick onside kick to énjoy an equal right with men of the opposing team to go after the Kicked ball. They may not side ball Dr in their aticapts to catch the of the now improve (erres. chairman hat for the seas» show an ment over previous Seasons pondence with the leadMg colleges had shown, he said, that the list of James A Babbitt list of officials Since this prefer ence for a limited number of officials was 80 generally shown and since the list of offi Zils In recent yaars hds become overburdened, it was the pur pose to reduce it and try to bring the officials for whom prefernce has been indicated by the colleges in general injo greater use Baseball as a Business, Thirty million Is a minimum esti mate of the fans who see baseball in a year's time. in organized ball son; series games last vear. York paper estimated that it sold 100. BA SASSI Begins Work on Baseball College. Kansas City, American association, team, will soon begin the working out of his plans for the establishment of a school of baseball at San Antonio, Tex, which he will open next spring PHONES FORTY MILES FOR AID Husband Gets Wife Home After Distant Wreck on Cycle COMPOUND FRACTURE OF LEG Swerving to Save Running Over Child 9 4 Riders Fell from Wheel—Crippled, Woman Brought to Hospital in an Auto. Burned to Death i Woman Takes Out License. West Fairview Justice of the Peace Frank Hoke Fair sued a hunter to Mfs Hatfield, a crack sh of this Mre Hatfield holds s« of the best records at target and made by a won in She expects to hunt quail during coming Gold Watch for Long Service Job. South Bethlehem — The distinction of having been employed at the Beth- lehem Company for fifty years, or as long as it had been in existence, was recognized by the officials of the company. when Henry Fatzinger was given a costly gold watch and chain view i) town me live the and Season. pige me an State pheasants the = § y ir Steed Close Out New Merchant, Lancaster.—Morris Cohen in business two weeks ago, tween 10 o'clock at night and next morning thieves robbed his store of its entire stock-—128 suits of clothes, overalls, hats, caps, shoes and under wear, started and be. Rush of Orders, Chester ~The new tariff does not affect the local textile conditions. A representative of the Aberfoyle Manu. facturing Company, which ix making | additions to iis large plant, says: “Wa | are sold up for months ahead. The | demand uUPOR us Was never so pres sing. While the tariff bill was pend. ! ing knit dealers bought cautiomsly. | Now that the tariff questiongis settled, | everybody with lean storks is buying, and knitting mills which withheld or ders for yarns are all coming at once and want yarn right away”
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