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Show I DANIELS IN SAW LAKE Secretary of Navy Declares De-clares the Opening of Panama C anal Will Mean Much t o Utah and the West Salt I,ak. Aug 1 "It Is practically practic-ally Impossible to estimate the Impetus Im-petus that shall be given to the development de-velopment of this section by the opening open-ing of the I'anama nnal." said Jo-sephus Jo-sephus Daniels, secretary of the navy, na-vy, who with Mrs Danleis and Lieul Commander L. C Palmer of the navy, na-vy, his aide, arrived In Salt Lake yesterday 'This Impetus Is bound to come, for the Pacific coast will offer a world wide export outlet for the products of this entire section and this In turn will undoubtedly make the Pacific coast the nation's naval base. I am just completing a tour of all naval stations In the United Uni-ted States, and 1 have paid particular attention to conditions on the Poclt l coast. I am for a larger navy, but for the gradual upbuilding of It ' Secretary Daniels, his wife and aide-were aide-were met at the train bj W. R Wnl lace the governor, F B. Stephens C. P Overfleld, Lyman H. Marlinoau. James H. Movie, 6 V. Powers, R W. Powers and Simon Bamberger The party then went to the Hotel Utah, where the president's suite had been reserved for the secretary With his wife and aide he left at 2 35 p m. for Denver, from where he will go to the l.as Animas Naval Tubercular hospital In Las Animas. Colo. Thence he will go directly to Washington Dlcusces Panama Canal. I At the Hotel Utah, Secretarv Daniels Dani-els in discussing the opening of the Panama canal, said "Its opening, which Is the most stupendous stu-pendous piece of work since the building build-ing of the pyramids, has focused the eyes of the world upon the Pacific coast, and our people are Just begin nlng to awake to the change that will taks place. History records that when the new route to India was dis COTerad Ihe trade of the world, which before that time had faced the Medl lerranean, afterwards faced the At lantlc. "To a great extent this is hound to be the case along the Pacific, and ' consequently all of the territory of this Intermountain country will also awake to a new Industrial birth. The expansion of trade throughout South America, Asia and the Orient will rp quire the establishment of great ship building yards and docks along the Pacific. "The extensive coal fields and other mineral deposits of your state will be developed far beyond their present conditions In answer to the demand for these products. OH for Battleships. "OH will undoubtedly be the future battleship fuel, and though there are, government oil reserves In Callfor nla, I do not know if they hae been developed Battleship No. 39. now under un-der construction, Ib to have oil burners, burn-ers, and If oil burners are placed on all of the battleships the oil reserves will undoubtedly be developed or the oil purchased " Secretary Daniels declined to discuss dis-cuss the burning of the I. W W. headquarters head-quarters In Seattle, and denied that he had received threatening letters from members of the I. W. W. Accompanied by a number of prominent promi-nent citizens, Secretary Daniels, his wife and his aide, attended a special recital at the Tabernacle, when? J. I. McClellan played a number of south era melodies, besides the arranged program Boih the secretarv and his wife thanked Prof McClellan on |