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”