Show F r 5 CAJUN SLIDES CAUSE CONCERN IN PANAMA I COLON R. R P. P Oct Ocl 1 IJ While J-While While the he I American Is rejoicing in the prediction prediction pre pre- I diction loD of ot President nt Taft Tart that the Panama Pan Pan- ama canal will b be open in July Jul 1913 great alarm has been o occasioned al here hereby hereby hereby by the fact that earth around the Hie great Gatun locks' locks is sliding g. g So far the slide has not occasioned any great amount of damage but many persons many in Colon foresee fore fore- foresee ore ore- see for tor this thIs' city the repetition n of of the Austin ln Pa disaster The The canal Anal ganal commission admits that the slides chides have caused four tour months months' in inthe the construction of f the cofferdam but but L Jt rs coul the theory of grave d d the great ng ron government works It fas a b been en a mooted point t bt J el 8 to whether the ground gr dam darn Is III strong eno enough gh t td he tremendous weight put b bd u powerful Pu whether enough l tl the to e withstand dam 8 itself Jf tJ will the of ot a Jake lake of ot square miles' miles gp eighty feet de deep p and what happen appen t to Colon should one or the gl i 1 WaY f i fc th the the timorous the assurance that eve foot food foo l qt of ground upon which the d dam tn Is constructed has lias been carefully i InsI Inspected end rid 1 d that thE tho dam Is 19 being built In Conformity with all the best hest rutes rules of or science e is II but little comfortI comfort I NeWs NeWs' Ws' Ws Il of t the floods In Pennsylvania la and Wisconsin n ln caused Intense n nn n nr interest i lah h here A- A Ar r to confirm these fears the official organ of the canal commission prints the the following o ai 1 Part df dt the earth bank behind the east wall waIl of the lower lock at Gatun Gatlin sank on the morning of September 29 and rose rosea few feet The movement a a. away apparently apparently was all caused by the ro ruck k fill which h carries carrie the tracks on nn which the fable cable way towers run and only a few hours I bf before fOIe the tho sinking occurred one of ot the I tower walls Va lis on th the SP section Ion fell Ill |