not upon his rail achievements, noteworthy note-worthy as they wore, but upon his connection con-nection with the Panama canal. It was while, he was president of the Toledo, St. Louis and 'Western railroad in 1905 that President Roosevelt summoned him to the post of chairman of the Isthmian Canal commission. He held that position for two years, during which time the plans for the construction construc-tion of the great waterway were formulated. formu-lated. As chairman of the commission ho was president of the Tanama Railroad Rail-road company and the steamship lines subsidiary of tho railway company. Ho organized the executive, engineering and operating departments of tlw canal commission and was the actual directing direct-ing genius of that vast enterprise, although al-though he terminated his connection with the isthmian project long before the canal was completed. Shouts was a big business man, typical typi-cal of the kind America has produced in large numbers. THEODORE I SHONTS. Th': r;ii'v,'iy v.-orlf h-ik ro'wotl rr.oro ji'-f ;.''ul;ir irnrfH Wr.m 7'Jif:oiIoro I'. yru irf-i thriii ti" ruun v.tiT'O il'-.'ith ffiok ;,i;K-f. in S'-'.v Yf,r!r tli'- oMi'T thy. Of M;f,n':' i' i (,u'': f'.'ii'I tii.'il. Jifi roul'i t::!',' f '-r-'j "I'r'-.'.'t of r-i't " n'n r '' r:.'.T'-:i i,tr li" .'-".'i--" li!: lie,' f. r ,t'i', n rl'.v- fi pr'.;.'-rl t Iir;t. ) ci'; ', r ''':-' r i. . ! !i '-ni i u ;i ! 11:1 1; !: . I..- r.f !.tri j.fli" Hi.-M u : I.:;) 1 li.'M'i'T v.-rrt In Ml" ini-Mif. v. ' .