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Tunnel To Link England And France Will Make Paris A Suburb Of London London. May 10.?Just as soon a*i the British premier, parliament, and ! war departnient sanction it. work j will be started on the greatest engi neering enterprise since American genius connccted the Atlantic and' Pacific oceans at Panama?the con-t struction of a 36-mile tunnel under the sea. to connect England with the continent of Kurope. It will be the greatest tunnel In . the world?far longer than those through the Alps and the Andes and ' In under water extent making the Hudson tubes in New York look like toys. It has been the dream of en gineers. railway men and financiers for nearly a hundred years and the dream has always been blocked by j British fears of military invasion. Sir William Bull, a veteran mem ber of parliament, a difltinguished lawyer and chairman of the parlia-j mentary commission on the Channel [ Tunnel, is urging upon Premier Mac-1 Donald that the present government; smooth the way for the tunnel pro ject. 1 asked him to tell mc about it. "It looks," said he, "as if naturo had specially prepared things to make it easy for man to build thei tunnel and to build it at the points! where tiie diaUnce bttwecu England and i-'ruiice i? the least. That point is between Dover on our side of the English Llianuel nnd Sangatte near Calais on l?e French st<'e. The tun nel would be 36 miles in length, of which 24 would be under the sea. "From borings that have been taken at frequent intervals, we know exact.ly the geological composition of the strata in which the work would have to be done. Below the sea there is a bed of chalk. Dclow that is a bed of chalk marl which lies upon gauIt clay. The chalk marl, roughly 60 feet In thlrkuesa. la of such nature as to be virtually impervious to the percolation of water. For that rea son, it leads itself admirably as the most auttable material through which the tunnel would be driven. We could do without steel or Iron work, the tunnel being lined with rein forced concrete. "It is really proposed to build two tunnels, one for each line of railway. In this manner the size would be kept within reasonable bounds and the difficulties of ventilation would be lessened. It is estimated that the entire project would cost $29,000,000 and that it would yield a profit of 5 per cent on the investment. There will be no trouble about finding the money. One half will be supplied here and the other half by French. financiers. Hut the chances are that the French would let the Belgians . and the Italians take a share of their ' holdings. Once the government gave ' Its consent to the project, the British ! tunnel company and the French tun- j nel company would supply the need-: ed money within a week. It will take five years to build. But the poa-' sibllitii's of such a tunnel are simply j immense. Through trains without ? change could be run from London to j all the great capitals of Europe, and ; vice versa. The time of travel be tween London and Paris would be ? cut at least one hour. British manu factured goods could be sent abroad I without the present transhipment from train to boat and Trora boat to train and vice versa. And its mlli-[ tary value would be Immeasurable. "General Foch estimated that had this tunnel been in existence, the war would have been brought to a con clusion in our favor two years, earlier, duo to the facilities for un molested transport of troops. muni-j lions ami supplies. One of the main i objections to the tunnel in the past ' has been that it might serve as a| means of invading Kngland. Hut this tunnel would be so constructed that in time of war. by pressing a button in Dover or in London, the tunnel could be flooded in a small section near the Kentish coast, f (frilling an effective water lock. This dip in tlie tunnel would All up with water in a few hours. "It has been asked whether a submarine or ati airplane of a hos tile country could destroy the tun-, nel by dropping a heavy bouib on the bottom of the channel in the line of the tunnel. But our engineers | j do not think this is possible. Not | only would the tunnel have ISO, feet of st*a water above it. but would be 130 feet b?low the bed of the EX-WIFE MAY BE PROUD OF HIM YET Floyd Glotzhuch, One Time Animated Button Hook for Operu Singer, Gets Into Prize Fighting Fume. By I/. C. OWEN Copyright, IN4. bv Th# Advance San Fanclsco, May 19.?Deter mination to rival the fame of his ex-wife Mme Margaret Matzenauer ?to show her that after all he is the real "wild mustard," and fit for something more stirring than lacing the boots and hookiug the frocks of a grand opera singer is the urge j that has started Floyd Glotzbach,' chauffer-Komeo. on a march to ward the world's heavy weight championship. It's a long and torturous trail, and Glotzbach may never rench its end. Dut the championship is the goal he has marked out for himself. And Glotzbach, with two quick kayo's to his credit in the only two bouts he has fought so far. In COnflldent he will achieve It. Glotzbach, it will bo remembered by follows of newspaper romance, won the heart of the famous diva in a brief, hut hectic romance, while driving her on moon-lit evenings, along the famous seventeen mile drive at Delmonte. California. l^ater. Mme Matzenauer took Floyd abroad, dressed him In the latest sartorial modes. Including the "soup and fish" costume and? ac cording to his allegations In a subsequent divorce suit?permitting him to serve her breakfast in bed, to lace her boots, hook her up and do a lot of other intimate little boudoir tasks. Fetching and carrying even for a prima dnna, soon palled on the rugged Glotazbach. however, and he came home and hied a div orce suit. It was in the litigation that followed that Mme Matzenauer dublxd him her "wild mustard tweetheart." The. divorce granted, Glotzbach dropped from sight lor a time. Hut a couple of weeks ago he camc hack with a bang. One Fred "Windy" Wlnsor Inaugurated an elimination tournament here . for the announc ed purpose of picking n white hope to take over champion Jack Dem ?ey's heavyweight crown. NVInsor's chief claim to fame?until he met Glotcenbach?was that he once had managed the now champion Dera ?ey. Glotzbach walked Into a local newspaper office and declared him self In on the contest, under the name of Frank Howland. nut that wild mustard countenance could not fool the news hounds. They accused him of being Mme. Matzenaurer's animated button hook and he ad Mltted it He insisted, howev r. up on retaining his Incognito and ap pearing as Frank Howland. As Frank Howland he has met two California white hopes this week. The hands that caressed Matzen auer into submission wafted the two would-be champions into dreamland' with Just ouo caress per heavy. I There is no question that Ulotz bach packs a punch. It isn't known yet whether, in pugilistic parlance, he can "take It." Hut It looks like a Rood sporting proposition that a man who could take what Mme Matzenauer is alleged to have hand ed him in the way of lacing and short hooks, and still hold up his head, should have no trouble weathering a few prize ring wal lops. At any rate. Windy Wlnsor thinks so much of him that he has taken him under his managerial wing. Just as he once did Jack Dempsey. j Wlnsor predicts than ten more fights . will land tho wild mustard Kid in the ring at Madison Square Garden. From there, Mme Matzeneuer could almost hear the huzzahs for her untamable ex-husband as she wait ed her cues in the Metropolitan j wings. | D. V. Prltchard, son of n. s. Prlt chard of Nlxonton has returned to hlsi j work as superintendent of a large I truck farm near (New Hern after spending several days in the city on I business. FLOWERS for girt* conrry j-otir raeenege batter than word*. Ryan Floral Shop Fresh Vegetables AND STRAWBERRIES Oranges, 60c peck J. V. Sltannoiiliniise & Son | PHONE 187 $ PHONE 114 Standard Pharmacy THEY WILL SEND IT. EAT PURE LOLLYPOPS FRESH VEGETABLES May r?w, SprlnK Turnip*, SprlnK Ileet*, Spring Onkinn, lettuce, < "firry, T<intMoM R. L. 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Next to Auto & CJas Eng. Wit a. KUZAIIKTII CITY, X. C. THE SALMON CREEK LINE Will on May the 12th put In effect an additional schedule between Wll 11b Landing and Avoea, Rertle Cofln ty and Edenton, Chowan County, North Carolina, for the purpose of connecting the two counties by tbo moat direct and shortest route along the proposed Coastal Highway In Eastern North Carolina. i This routo taken you through the town of Wllllamston. Martin County, 'over the new Roanoke River bridge [and highway Into Windsor and [through the villages of Merry Hill, Willis Landing and Avoca. Thero you cross at the head of Albemarl* Sound and up the beautiful Edenton nay to the terminal at the foot of Droad Street In the Historic town of Edenton. This connects you with th?* Highway through the Interesting and progressive town of Hertford and on to Elizabeth City, the busi ness center of Northeastern Norti> Carolina, thence to Norfolk, Virginia. You also connect at Edenton with the State Highway toward Suffolk, Virginia. We offer to the general public our up-to-date freight and passenger ser vice and accommodations for auto mobiles. Rates are as follows: Auto mobiles $2.50 to $4.00 one way: 20 per cent off for round trip Within 24 hours. Passengers 35c each way. Sch?lol?J Leave Willis Landing and Avocm at 7:00 A. M., 10: SO A. M. an I 4:30 P. M. Leava Edenton At 0:00 A. M., 1:80 P. M. and I:SO P. M.
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