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THE CITIZEN. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1912.
CANAL WILL BE OPENED IN
THIRTEEN MONTHS
I.ntcst Kstimntu Ily Colonel floclfials
of the I'miiiiiia Commission.
Washington, Sept. 24. In Just
thirteen months a vessel will bo from
the Atlantic to tho Pacific ocean
through the Panama, canal, according
to otinmtos made public last week
nt the Panama canal commission.
October 10, 1913, Is tho tcntatlvo
date set for the passage of the first
vessel through tho canal. Tho
"christening will uo dono uy a naval
vessel.
President Taft has been advised of
tho latest estimates of Colonel Goeth-
als, in charges of tho canal construc
tion work. Tho president's approval
of tho new canal opening program is
awaited.
Formal opening of tho canal will
occur on January 1, 1915, it Is an
nounced. Commercial vessels will bo
given its unrestricted uso in Decem
ber, 1914.
That the canal will bo completed
far below the estimated cost of
$ 100,000,000 Is reported by Colonel
Cioethals. It may run as low as
$375,000,000. About another mil
lion dollars will be saved, it is de
clared In bond Interest charges.
Revised estimates of tho date of
completion of tho canal were made
by the Panama canal commission.
Colonel Goethals has sent tho figures
up to September 15, together with
latest estimates of work done and
uncompleted.
The total amount of excavation
work arcording to tho figures an
nounced by the isthmian commission,
is about 242,134,000 yards. A recent
increase of over 10,000,000 yards In
the estimates was caused by big
slides in the Obispo division. The
amount of excavation completed up
to September 15, was 2S.000.000
cubic yards, leaving approximately
24,000,000 yards still to bo dug. The
average rate of excavation" a month
is now about 2,500,000 cubic yards,
a conservative estimate. At tho
present rate of progress all tho dig
ging should be ilnished before Sept.
15, 1913.
The big dam, locks and spillway
projects show stages of completion
varying from 75 to 90 per cent. It is
estimated that tho Qatun locks will
require about 2,000,000 cubic yards
of concrete work. Up to September
15 well over 19,000,000 cubic yards
have been put in place. The con
crete work of the Pedro Miguel
locks is nearly So "per cent, com
pleted, and that of the Mirallores
locks over 92 per cent. The Gatun
spillway will probably be completed
within another month. Other en
gineering features show an equally
ach annul stage toward completion.
Opening for the canal for general
commercial purposes will occur dur
ing December, 1914, It is stated. Nu
merous tests of locks and gates will
be had before large commercial ves
sels and battleships are permitted to
go through.
When tho canal Is formally opened
January 1, 1915, it is announced
that tho navies of tho world will be
Invited to send representatives to
tako part in an elaborate series of
ceremonies. The president of the
United States is also expected to at
tend. All United States vessels will
be mobilized there.
Tho estimated cost of the canal,
when completed, is between $375,
000,000 and $400,000,000. The
total amount expended so far is
$283.!74,U00. The Panama canal
law authorized the issuance of bonds
aggregating $375,000,000. Owing to
tho exri'Uent condition of Uncle
Sam's finances only about $138,000,
000 worth of bonds have been sold,
the rest haiug been expended out of
tho general fund of the treasury. I.
Is being freely predicted that tho
canal will bo built without further
Issuance of bonds. In this case, some
hundreds of thousands of dollars
which would have been expended in
interest and premiums will have
been saved to the government.
The canal will havo a summit elev
ation of eighty-live feet above Bea
le el to bo reached by a flight of
three locks, located at Gatun, on the
At, antic side, and one lock at Pedro
Miguel and a ilight of two at Mira
Diodes, on tho Pacific side. Each
lock will have a useable length at
1.000 feet and a width of 110 feet,
which will be tho minimum width of
the canal.
The canal is to be about fifty miles
long from deep water In the Carib
bean sea to deep water In tho Pacific
ocean Tho channel will vary In
w'dth from 1,000 at a point Just
south ot tho Gatin locks, to 300 feet
at a point near the Pedro Migaei
lotk There will bo a number of
pla. es where several boats can pass
abreast of each other, and . the
minimum depth will be 41 feet.
CALLS TAFT Fill KM) OF WOHK
INCJMAN. New York. " If any further
proof of President Taft's sincere re
gard for tho wolfaro and advance
ment of tho country's laboring class
were necessary," said Chairman mi
les of tho Republican National Com
ni'nee recently, " it seems to mo it
has bef-n amply supplied by tho an
nouutement at Heverly to tho of feet
that Mr. Taft will put into operation
In Panama an employers' liability
and workmen's compensation law
similar to that which ho urged upon
tho last session of Congress, hut
which was effectually pigeonholed ot
tho direction of tho Democratic load
ers In tho House of Hopresentativos
for fear that Mr. Taft might gain po
litical advantage through Its pass
age. " Now, howover. under a law per
mitting him to mako such laws for
the Canal Zone, as ho deems neces
sary, tho President announces that
ho will put tho employers' liability
and workmen's compensation meas
ure into early effect on tho canal,
hoping that this examplo may result
In tho passage next Winter, of a
similar measuro applicable to tho en
tire country.
" This, It scorns to mo, Is an In
stance of sincerity and good will to
ward tho laboring classes that is re
freshing in theso days when tho
third term candidate Is promising
all sorts of reforms which ho fallod
to Inaugurate during two terms In
tho Presidency, and when the Dem
ocratic candidate Is so busy apolo
gizing for his former views on labor
that ho cannot formulato any dofl
nito new ones."
West Virginia Klectors Out,
Chairman Hillea has recolvod
word that the complication with ro-
spect to electors In West Virginia,
has been adjusted by tho resignation
of three candidates who wero Kooso-
velt men. Theso candidates woro
chosen prior to tho Republican Na
tional Convention. Tho State Com
mittee will 1111 tho vacancies with
Taft supporters.
Mr. IIlllcs hnd a conference re
cently with Major Arninnd Homnino
of Louisiana, and also with Mayor
Magoe, of Pittsburg. Mayor Magco
supported Roosevelt prior to tho con
vention, but is now regular and Is
one of the active Taft managers in
Pennsylvania. IIo reports that the
President will carry Allegheny coun
ty, and Pennsylvania.
Ciet.s KncotmigiiiK ltcportH.
Mr. IIlllcs also had a long confer
ence last week with Senator Crane,
of Massachusetts. Tho Senator re
ports a gratifying growth of Taft
sentiment in Massachusetts and else
where. Mr. miles also had conferences
with a dozen leading men from vari
ous parts of tho country. All of
theso callers gave Mr. IIlllcs en
couraging reports of political condi
tions in their localities and tho
chairman was gratified also at tho
receipt of an enthusiastic report
from Connecticut on tho successful
opening of tho Connecticut cam
paign in Now Haven.
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EVKS AM) HEALTH.
Poor eyesight is a foe to health.
Many children aro ansemic and
narrow chested simply because
their eyes aro weak and aro not
given proper caro. Nearsighted chil
dren, for instance, bend over their
books and In time become stnnn
shouldered.
If a child is to bo kept well, its
eyes must be carefully watched from
Infancy. Never expose a Daby's eyes
to direct sunlight, either indoors or
out of doors. When lying down, a
child should havo its face protected
by a sun shado or awning of some
kind.
Children should ho kont nnt nf
doors as much as posslblo whero
tueir eyes will not havo to look at
small objects. When they play with
blocks or picture books, both photo
graphs and letters should be large.
Don't send your child to a kinder
garten where close work is dono.
Insist that the teacher nsoa lnrio
charts and pictures. Children should
not Ho on tho floor and read. They
should not play with children who
nave soro eyes. rney snouid not uso
common towels, or common drinking
cups.
If vour child cnmnlnlns nf Tin.nl.
ache or seems to strain his eyes, send
nini to tuo doctor immediately and
obtain spectacles if necessary. It Is
better that a child should wear
glasses than that hn nlinnlil strain
over books until his shoulders ,bo-
conio round and his chest grows nar
row and fiat a splendid field for
tuberculosis. Good eyes aro Import
ant to health. Do not nnirlnct thnm
Karl do Schwelnltz, Executivo
secretary, Pennsylvania Socloty for
mo i-roveniion oi Tuberculosis.
LKMOXS TAKE 1110 JUMP.
Anothor lemon has been handed
to tho ultlraato consumer. Tho prico
of tho fruit has taken a prodigious
leap upwards In tho last thrco weeks.
Of course, there Is a reason, hut
consumers are not suro whether it
Is because tho Statuo of Liberty
needs a coat of varnish or tho cost
of food has aviated or tho demand
was bigger than tho supply or tho
commission men want a few now
bankrolls for tho purchase of reed
birds and automobiles.
In three weeks tho cost of lemons
has Jumped from Hvo to ten dollars
a crate. Three hundred lomons to
a crato makes tho cost forty cents a
dozen, or threo and one-third cents
apiece.
IT'S YOU.
You say th' world looks gloomy,
in SKies aro grim an gray;
Th' night has lost its quiet
You fear th coming day.
Th' world Is what you mako It,
Th' sky Is gray or bluo,
JuBt as your soul may paint It;
u ain i tno world it's you.
Clear up th' clouded vision,
Clean out th foggy inlnd:
Th' clouds aro always passing,
An- eacn is sllvor-llned.
Th' world Is what wo mako It
Then make It bright an' true,
An' when you say lt'e gloomy,
It ain't tho -world It's you.
Cleveland Plaln-Dealor.
URVIVOR OF
FIRST G.A.R.POST
Captain Riebsamo Is the Last
of the Original' Twelve.
LIVES IN BLOOMIHGTON, ILL
Signed tho First Roll In a Bare Loft
In Decatur, III. Veterans Sat Upon
Boxes and Took the Oath of Alle
giance Candles Furnishod Light.
Of tlio delegates to tho recent na
tional encampment of the Grand Army
of tho Republic nt Los Angeles ono of
tho most notable was Captain Chris
tian Rlcbsnme of Bloomlngton, 111.,
who has tho distinction of being tho
Inst survivor of the first G. A. It. post
AINif Ids cloven associates aro dead.
Christian IMobsnme camo from Ger
many in 1803 and settled in Chicago.
In IS5S ho moved to Decatur. Ills
first occupation wns tlmt of barber.
He numbered among his enstotucttj
Abraham Lincoln nnd Richard Oglcs
by, later governor. IIo was nmong tho
first to enlist In the civil war. Hla
regiment was tho Ono Hundred nnd
Sixteenth Illinois Infantry, nnd ho
served until tho surrender of Leo. By
successlvo promotions ho rose to tho
rank of captain. Among the battles ho
engaged In wero Vicksburg, Resaca,
Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Port, Dal
las, Fort McAllister, Savnunnh, Bon
tonvlllc, Columbus, Ezra Chapel, Kcne
saw Mountain. New nope Church
nnd Jonesboro. IIo was in the grand
review of tho troops in Washington
nfter tho close of the war. On being
mustered out he returned to Decatur,
but subsequently removed to Bloom
lngton. Decatur tho Birthplaoe.
Decatur acquired tho honor of being
the birthplace of tho first G. A. It.
post because of the fact that nouo of
the printers In Springfield was n soldier
and It wus not deemed uvlsable to in
trust tho ritual to any one not eligible
to membership. At tlint time Mnjor
Benjamin F. Stephenson, the origina
tor of Uio Grand Army, wns a resident
of Springfield, and there he wrote the
ritual. At Decatur bo found two soldier
printers Isaac Coltrln nnd Joseph
Pryor and they set up tho ritual.
Thero were twelvo charter members of
the first post, and tho building In which
the order nprang into being Is still
standing In Decatur.
Captain Riebsamo recalls that the
room In which tho first meeting was
held was the second story of a business
building. It was an unfinished loft,
without lights or furniture. In thl
prlmltivo meeting place the night
of April 0, 1SG0, the Grand Army was
born. Candles stuck In bottles or In
niches In thu -walls furnished tho only
light The veterans sat upon boxes
and took tho oath of allegiance. The
surroundings were baro and dismal, but
all present wero fired by patriotism
and the enthusiasm of youth. Major
Stephenson, dying In IS71, did not live
to seo the tremendous growth and pow
er of the order.
The First Commander.
M. F. Kannn wns the first command
er and George R. Steele tho first adju
tant The ritual was revised la later years,
and it now bears little rescmblanco to
Its original form. Tho original con
tained long eulogies of Lincoln, Grant
and other wnrtlmo heroes and con
veyed the Idea that tho order was de
signed to uphold tho government nfter
the closo of the war and bo ready nt
any time to tako up arms again, It
neceeary, to protect tho flag. Tho or
der took an activo part In politics, and
this came near proving fatal. Finally,
nfter General John A. Logan was
chosen commander, many posts which
had been abandoned because of polit
ical differences wero revived, and tho
order flourished auow.
FOR CONGRESSMAN
PARTY CROSSES GREENLAND.
Gwiss Expedition First to Make Trip
From West to East.
Greenland has been crossed for tho
first tlmo from west to east over tho
barren ico by tho Swiss expedition
under Dr. do Quorvain, Joint director
of tho Swiss Central Meteorological
Institute, who Is now nt Reykjavik,
tho capital of Iceland. All tho mem
bers of tho party aro well.
Tho members of tlio expedition start
ed from Jucobshuwn, In Danish north
west Greenland, nnd marched for thrco
months over tlio lee wastes. They
made tho east coast on Aug. 2, ten
miles from Anglnngsallk, which was
their goal. Mnny valuablo scientific
results wero scniovod.
Tho gveatett blight of tlM Inland lco
measured 2,500 meters, but tlioy saw
higher peaks sine making measure
ments nnd discovered mountains on
Christian IX. Land, nearer tho coat
coast
Dr. tie Quervain will hold tho ma
terial ho has collected until lie la nblo
to mako comparisons with tlio results
of tho Danish expedition under Cap
tain J. P. Koch, which will cross from
wost to east In 1013, but by a moro
northern you to.
British Sailors Want More Pay.
British eallors aro agitating for an
lncrenso of pay. They nro said to havo
had but ono "raloo" In more than fifty
years, nnd they think their turn has
como for bottor pay and larger priui-leaoa.
187J
ABSOLUTE SECURITY
1912
HON". JOEL G. HILL.
Democratic Candldato for Congress-1
man of this Congressional DIs-l
trlct.
Mr. Hill's friends aro advocating'
his election on tho grounds that ho
is no experiment, but has been tried
and always proved truo to tho inter
est of the people. In every position
occupied by Mr. Hill ho has shown
himseU to bo a man of sound judg
ment, always devoting his best en
ergies in an effort to accomplish tho
greatest benefit to all tho peoplo and
has never in any way identified him
self with the special Interests which
nro seeking for advantages at the
expense of the masses.
Mr. Hill nas always been a favor
ite with tho voters of Wayno county
and conditions existing this year as
sure him tho largest voto ever given
to him in this county regardless of
party lines. Adv. 7Geol2
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OFFICERS:
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A. T. SEARLE, Vice-President V. J. WAltD, Asst. Cashier.
DIRECTORS:
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T. B. CLARK C. J. SMITH F. p KIMBLE
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July 15, 1912.
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