First Gatun Lake Waters Reach Culebra Cut
Colon Panama Oct 1 waters of Gatun lake flowed into the Culebra cut marking a major step toward completing the Panama canal. The operation tests the Gamboa dike removal planned for Oct 10 while Col Goethals and aides oversee final tests and preparations for the first transit by Isthmian canal personnel. The project cost approaches 375 million dollars with Hodges Sibert and Gaillard cited for key roles in dam, locks, and excavation work.
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Colon
Panama
Panama Canal
Gatun Lake
Culebra
Gamboa Dike
Goethale
Isthmian Canal Commission
George W. Goethals
D. D. Gaillard
Central Division
Gaillard
Neers
Chagras
Central American
Gatun
Goethals
Col
George Goethals
H. F Hodges
David D. B. Gailiard
William L. Sibert
Army Engineers
Colonel Goethals
United States
Canal
Canal Zone
Hodges
Sibert
Philippines
Uncle Sam
Philip II of Spain
Patterson
Senate
Nicaragua
United
States
Panama ‘Canal
Lucten ®Aire
Panama Canal Locks Near Completion Says Engineer
The navigation locks are mostly finished with minor detailing left. Finishing touches will be quick and suction dredges will remove remaining dirt from the canal channel. Gatun lake, formed by Gatun dam on the Chagres river, is the central feature around which the canal system now revolves.
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Panama Canal
Miraflores
Atlantic
Pacific
Count de Lesseps
de Lesseps
Gatun Lake
Culebra
Gatun
Chagres
Iles
Murder Charged in Pulaski County Case
Lesle Steffy, 35, formerly of Fulton county now living in Pulaski, is jailed on a murder charge in the death of Pearl Hettinger, 18, shot on November 16, 1911. Indicted by a Pulaski grand jury last week the verdict was changed from accidental death to murder amid public comment.
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Steffy
Pulaski
Indiana
Rochester
Lesle Steffy
Fulton
Pulaski County
Jai
Pearl Hettinger
Pearl
J. P. Gillsinger
Soldier Samuel W. Taylor Dies After Cancer Fight
Jeffersonville reports the death of Samuel W. Taylor age seventy two the second veteran to die within twenty four hours He served two enlistments in Company B Fifty ninth Indiana and after the war ran a saloon for thirty years praised by police as the only keeper who always obeyed the law His widow and a son survive the son George serves in the regular army
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Jeffersonville
Samuel W. Taylor
Fifty Ninth
Indiana Regiment
George
Councilman Seeks Restrictions on Slit Skirts
Evansville October 1 Charles Meyerhoff a city council member says he will ask the council to pass an ordinance limiting fashion styles. He cites the slit skirt as inappropriate remarking on a recent Main Street encounter and fearing exposure of one leg.
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Evansville
Charles Meyerhoff
Urs
Main
Whoopers Invited to Boy's Party in Gary Society
In Gary on October 1 the latest society craze is whooping cough parties. Two weeks ago Dr. and Mrs. Charles Yarrington tested invitations for a birthday party, reflecting the era's social customs and public health concerns.
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Gary
Charles “Yarrington
Van Blaricon says he killed Totten in self defense
Van Blaricon tells sheriff he shot Totten in self defense after a ten year feud over an old estate. Totten, a widower with three sons aged eighteen, sixteen and twelve, threatened him after a peace bond filing. No arrest or bond details yet.
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van Blarken
van Blaricon
Totten
van Blarion
Indiana News in Brief Terse Logansport Snippet Bites
In Logansport Frank Baker’s toddler son is scalded after pulling a coffee cup onto a napkin. Kendallville Frank Bougher of Fort Wayne, ex Elks president now district deputy for northern Indiana lodges. Terre Haute Girls in court in short skirts prompt judge Batt to threaten jail for contempt next time. Jeffersonville state reformatory officers resume work after vacation funded by new year appropriations. Jefersonville Anna Boswell sues William Hardy for 120 days of care pay and 5000 for alleged slander. Shelbyville Clara Hastler seeks divorce from Fred Hastler after two weeks of marriage. Versailles Hazel Brach awarded 2500 against Conrad and Amelia Brach for alienation of affections. Marion injures reported as Elijah Granthach, 84, struck by a car. hospitalized. Bedford jury in Mace Hitchcock blind tiger case released and Hitchcock later involved in bid for Curtis marriage denial.
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Logansport
Frank Baker
Kendallville
Frank
Bougher
Fort Wayne
State Elks’ Association
Indiana
Terre Haute
Batt
Jeffersonville
Indiana Reformatory
Jefersonville
Anna Boswell
Henryville
William Hardy
Ione
Shelbyville
Clara Hastler
Shelby Circuit Court
Fred Hastler
Hastler
Versailles
Hazel Brach
Conrad
Amelia Brach
Marlon
Elijah
Granthach
AES
Greencastle
Bedford
Mace Hitchcock
Hitchcock
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Rochester, Mnd
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