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Show President Approves Concessions Qlven , To Markls. Oyster Bay. A contract for tho hotel ho-tel nnd subsistence concosslon on thq Panama canal. zono, awarded to Jacob E. Markol of Omaha by President Theodore P. Shonts of tho Panama Rnllrpad company, will stand. This, in effect, Is the decision of Prosldont Roosevelt, who Thursday approved a report on tho subject mado to hlra by Mr. Shonts. The contract. amounts, In tho nggro-gate, nggro-gate, to many millions of dollars, but Mr. Shont's report lndlcatorf that it may bo abrogated at tho will of the government, which actually will own tho permanent plant usod by Mr. Mnr-kel Mnr-kel In filling tho terms of his contract |