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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-19
UNIVERSAL PEACE IS
TOPIC Of CITY PASTORS
Belief Expressed That There
Will Be No More War
Between Nations.

A number OF the pastors OF the city
preached on International peace yester-
day and voiced the sentiment that the
end Of war is IN sight. Rev. DIR. Charles
Wood. in the Church Of the Covenant, de-
clared that conferences. speeches and
publications in the interests Of peace will
speedily have their effect, and before long
there will be much smaller armies and
navies
Rev. Dr. Russell Of st. Patricks Church,
Rev. DIR. Woodrow Of the First Congre-
gational Church, Rev. John Van Schaick
Of the Church Of Our Father and Rev.
Ulysses G. B. Pierce Of All Souls Church
also discussed the peace question.
Address by John w. Foster.
Former Secretary of State John w.
Foster spoke on Peace and Arbitration
in Rankin Memorial Chapel, on the cam
pus Of Howard University. yesterday aft
ernoon, asking is It reasonable to expect
peace among the nations of the earth
and is IT practicable to maintain such
peace.
He then reviewed the questions in
vOlved, and said:
The review which 1 have made has
shown that all the foreign wars in which
own precipitate action, that they were
not Inevitable, and that they might have
been avoided by the exercise OF prudence
and Cancellation.
At Peace With Nearest Neighbor.
1T also shows that it has been pos
sible for us to live in peace with our
nearest neighbor, with which We have
the most extensive and intimate relations,
the most perplexing and troublesome
questions. Our history also shows that
during our whole life as an independent
nation no country has shown toward us
a spirit Of aggression or a disposition to
invade our territory. II such is the case,
| is it not time that every true patriot
every lover Of his country and Of its
| fair fame in the world, every friend OF
humanity, should strive TO curb the spirit
| Of aggression and military glory among
| our people and seek to create an earnest
sentiment against all war;
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-19

We do keep open after Therefore shop before
that time and help further the earyclosng move
ment
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BLIND, THREADS NEEDLES.
Sightless Minnesota Girl Also Is Pro.
f1cient on Tvnewrifer

ST. PAUL, Mimi, December ia bill
will be presented to the coming legisla.
ture asking for an appropriation Of 81 ,OO(
year to further the education of Vera
Mabel Cannon, sixteen years old, who
has been unable to speak, hear or see
since her birth.
Miss Cannon has been in the state
school for the blind at Fartbault only
three years, yet she writes on the type.
writer with skill, has q vocabulary OF
5000 words and recently wrote an essay
Of 5000 words. She makes her own
clothes, threading her own needles, and
Is skilled in fancy work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-19

1t happens now and then that the social
customs of the capital get an overhauling
from some source or other, but rarely
ever are sharp or unpleasant things
In our midst. who are here primarily to
create, combine or restore amicable rela-
tons. The very few occasions when this
rule has been violated is to the. general
credit
The sentiments quoted in the alleged
interview with the wife of the dean of
the diplomatic corps are, as every one
knows. the exact opposite to those she
has expressed at other times, and their
absolute denial was, Of course, what was
expected.
Mrs. Medorem Crawford is hostess this
afternoon at the first of series of
bridge parties. At the tea following Mrs.
Hinckley will serve.
Earl Percy. aid-de-camp Of the gov
ernor general of Canada, has arrived on
a visit to his brother, Lord Eustace Suth-
erland Campbell Percy of the British
embassy staff.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Walker gave an
informal luncheon yesterday al
the Chevy Chase Club in honor Of the
latter's brother and sister-in-law. Lieut.
d. Pratt Mannix, U. s. N. and Mrs
ManniX of Philadelphia, who have re.
Gently returned to Philadelphia from
their honeymoon trip abroad. Lieut. Man.
nix is now stationed at League Island
Philadelphia. and with his bride was
here for the week end.
Mr.. Richard Hooker. a member Of the
Springfield Republican staff, and its
Washington correspondent and son OF
Mr.. Thomas Hooker is to be married
Saturday afternoon, December 81. The
bride to be is Miss Winifred Eells New
berry, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
will be at the brides home. 2O97 East
4eth street Cleveland, Ohio.
Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Emmons gave q
dinner Saturday. their guests being Nine
LoudOn and her guest. Miss Helen Hyde
Mrs Hoppin. Mrs. Randolph. Mr.. an6
Mrs. Julius Lay. Mr.. Jeffreys Parson. Mr.
Charles Richardson. Maj. Won Herwarth
and Mr.. w. B. Clarke.
Mrs. Frank O. Lowden is in Chicago
the guest of her mother. Mrs. George NJ
Pullman. who will go to California mex,
month to spend the rest of the cold
weather.
Mrs. Mark Hanna has returned tc
Washington for the winter and has re.
opened her apartment on 10th street.
MIR. and Mrs. Philip H. Mcmillan will
arrive Friday in Washington to be tn,
guests over the holidays of Mrs. McMil
lan's mother Mrs. Anderson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles SpaIding ant
Miss Gladys Hinckley attended the must
cal in Baltimore Saturday given by Mrs
Michael Jenkins for her cousins, the
Misses Herman, of Utica. n. Y.
Mrs. l.. H. Nelson of London is expect
ed in Washington this afternoon on a
Christmas visit to her mother, Mrs.
Arthur Wagner of ITO P street north
York about January !. to meet Mr. Mel
son. and return to England. AS Miss
Dorothy Wagner. daughter of the late
Col. Wagner of the army. Mrs. Nelson
was known to a large number Of Wash
ington's social set. being esnecially popu-
lar in army and navy circles.
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Earl Percy. aid-de-camp of the gov
ernor general of Canada, has arrived on
visit to his brother, Lord Eustace Suth-
erland Campbell Percy Of the British
embassy staff
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Woodbury. High School Burns.

WOODBURY., N. j.. December 19.-The
high school in this place was almost
totally destroyed by fire today, entailing
q loss estimated at $4,000 Firemen from
Camden. Gloucester and other nearby
towns assisted in fighting the flames. The
high school was built In 1909 and &C.
commodated 800 pupils.
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BORN.

ALLEN. On Saturday. December II, 1910. to
Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Allen at their residence.
615 U street northwest, a daughter, HAIR
RET AUDREY.
PRATER. On December 10, 1910. to Mr.. and
Mrs. j. HARRY PRATER, at their resi-
dence, 1915 Church street northwest, a son.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-08-12
GOT PILOT GRAPH OF PANTHER
Exciting Experience Which Fsw Aaosp.
Tbers Of the Party Care to 60
Through Again.

A panther is not easily Ailled. and
will often revive with very unpleasant
results, as on certain occasion IA the
Deccan. He appeared to 10 quite
dead, and one of the spectators rushed
up with a-camera on a stand 20 obtain
q picture Of the supreme moment. He
got his photograph. and, strange to
say, 1t survived what followed; but no
sooner had he taken it than the nan
there revived, tore himself loose. and
went f6r-the photographer. Somehow
the man escaped, but the camera was
sent flying, and, disconnected by his
encounter with 1t, the panther turned
and made for the nearest tree. I'm
which he went as quickly as monkey.
Now, the tree was crowded with in
'terested spectators, and for three or
four strenuous seconds (untN the
panther was shot) we enjoyed a spec-
tacle of natives dropping to earth with
loud thuds like ripe plums from a
jungle tree as the panther approached
them.-Wide World Magazine.
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The reclamation service began it's work in
1902 on the passage of the reclamation act
The first contract was let in September of the
next year and, on June II, 1905, an important
project in Nevada was formally opened.
Progress has been rapid and the activities
of the bureau have been extended to rs or
more projects, which to date have involved the
expenditure Of $6OOOO0OO In the seven and
one-half years of it's work the service has built
4.215 miles of canal Placed end to end, these
canals would reach from Washington to San
Francisco and back to New Orleans. Several
of these canals carry whole rivers.
1t has excavated II miles of tunnels.
Before the end of the year it will have COM
pleted. four Of the highest dams in the world
Its excavations Of rock and earth amount to
the enormous total of 60,O000O0 cubic yards
Its roads have total length of AIT miles;
telephones, 1927 miles; levees, 70 miles,
1t has purchased 915,751 barrels of cement
and has manufactured in its own mill $40 900
barrels AS result of its work water is avail
able for 100000 acres on 10000 farms.
The gross value of crops produced on the
lands irrigated by the government projects in
1910 was $14,03S,000. AS result of the work
of the government it Is estimated that land
values have increased more than sos, 800, 0oo
The reclamation service is entering 1910
with money and plans for completing most Of
and with about three-quarters of million of
acres of arid land under irrigation.
1t will finish this year the great Roosevelt
dam in Arizona, one of the most massive in
the world. 1t has completed the Shoshone
dam, in northern Wyoming the highest struc-
ture Of it's kind ever built; the Pathfinder
dam, in southern Wyoming, and the Laguna
dam. in Arizona. 1t will for the first time
utilize the Gunnison tunnel whose completion
was celebrated by President Taft last summer
The funds available for construction are
somewhat less than in previous years. and the
organization, which Is very elastic, has been
cut down to fit reduced expenditures. About
htty skilled men-engineers, experts and tech
meal asslstants-have either sought private
employment have been transferred to other
bureaus of the government or put on fur.
Tough, in order to keep the overhead charges
consistent with the expenditures
Reviewing the history of the reclamation
service whole, its maximum activity and
expenditures were in the year 1907. In 1902
tie expenditures we're less than 100000 and
in 1908 less than 81 100000. In 1904 they were
$2500000; in 1905 $4,000 900; in 1906, little
less than $10,O00,000; in 1907 nearly $4,000
900. Then the expenditures decreased to
$1O,00O,000 in 1908, to about So 900 900 in 1909,
and In 1910 they will be little under $S,0O0,-
900. 1t is expected that in 1911 they will
shrink to about 100000, which sum will
probably continue to be available during after
years, assuming that the water-right charges
are paid as they fall due.
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April /, 1910. That date is memorable one,
not only to the settlers, whose entries are
liable to cancellation for failure to make the
payments due, but also to the reclamation
service, which is concerned in securing the re-
turn of its investment in the engineering
works. 1t Is also a matter of interest to citi-
zens of the number of sections containing fea-
sible projects, the construction of which cannot
be undertaken without additional funds AS
the repayments are made through the local
land Offices and not directly to the SERVICE
some time must elapse before the actual
amounts collected are known On a number of
the projects, like Sun River, Shoshone and
Huntley, the settlers have already made their
initial payments and will not be delinquent
on the second installment until April, 1911
which enables them to market two crops be-
tween payments. On several other projects
such as the Minidoka, klamath, Lower Yellow
stone, Belle Fourche, Carlsbad, Truckee-Car
son, North Platte and others, the first settlers
have had the use of water for two crops, and
1t is probable that majority will be able to
meet their obligations without difficulty.
Detailed reports from various sources on
each of the projects have been received at
Washington. The conditions whole are
described as favorable for large return to
the reclamation fund On several of the
projects there will be no delnquents. On a
not fully completed, but water is ready for
large areas and is being supplied on a rental
basis pending the announcement of the actual
cost of water right. The reclamation service
has derived considerable revenue from these
sources and at the same time the farmers
have been enabled to increase the areas in
cultivation. The following financial statement
is interesting as showing the status of the
reclamation fund and the amounts which thus
far have been credited to it through the opera
lions of the reclamation service:
Total moneys received and transferred to
the reclamation fund from sales of public
lands under reclamation act to February %,
1910, $58,342,61702. Approximately $4,50O,O 900
are still in the treasury Of the United States,
but not yet available.
Moneys received under operations of recla~
nation act from all sources in cash and cred
it's for work done, $2,37s,475.o4, divided as fol-
lows: Townlot sales, $103,67391: miscellane-
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men of moderate means to secure honles Al
prosperous and growing country.
Close to the Black Hills, in South Dakota'
lies the beautiful valley of Belle fourcne' con-
tanning 100000 acres of grass-covered pranie'
Many miles of canals have been laid across us
level surface and what was only short time
ago the finest free cattle range in this country
is rapidly becoming a compactly settled agrlcui-
tural community.
An impressive engineering feature or this
project is the Owl Creek dam, one OF the long
est and highest earthen entertainments In the
world. This structure, now nearing completion,
is 5000 feet long, has maximum height OF lib
feet and contains 100000 cubic yards of ma
teral
The Roosevelt DAM which is about COM
pleted as you read the story today, is in many
respects the most remarkable structure of its
kind in the world. It's towering height, 280 feet,
it's length on top, 1880 feet, the inspiring seen
cry in which it is located and the enormous ca
pacity of the reservoir created by it combine
to make it one Of the most stupendous engineer
ing works Of modern times.
Conceive. if you can, two valleys-one -
miles, the other Is miles in length, and each
from one to three miles wide-transformed into
lake 200 feet deep in places and containing
enough water to cover Delaware foot deep.
The Salt River reservoir when full, has
capacity sufficient to fill a canal 300 feet wide
and 10 feet deep extending from Chicago to
San Francisco,
My one regret is that the space allotted me
Is too little to permit me to describe the charms
and advantages of other projects of the govern
ment l should like to tell you of the opportu-
mites on the klamath project. located in south
ern Oregon, in region of unrivaled scenic
beauty; Of the wonderful progress made in the
Boise valley, In Idaho, and the promise of even
greater advance he v0rIx NJ tho oovorppoor<
nears completion; of the Orland project, in the
Sacramento valley, the land of fruits and flow
ers; of the Rio Grande valley, where there will
one day be erected the most stupendous dam
in the west-a region in which irrigation began
before the Spanish INVASION which will become
fruitful and prosperous
The beacon of hope shines brightly in the
west 1t beckons the landless man to the man
less land.
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IL IL z Mistake

Many have the idea that anything
Will sell If advertised strong enough.
This Is a great mistake. True, a
few sales might be made by adyertis.
Ing an absolutely worthless article but
1t Is only the article that is bought
again and again that pays. An ex-
ample of the big success of a worthy
article is the enormous sale that has
grown up for Cascarets Candy Cathar-
tic. This wonderful record is the result
OF great merit successfully made known
through persistent advertising and the
mouth-to-mouth recommendation given
Cascarets by its friends and users.
Like all great successes, trade pi-
rates prey on the unsuspecting public,
by marketing fake tablets similar in
appearance to Carcarets. Care should
always be exercised in purchasing well
advertised goods, especially an article
that has a national sale like Cascar-
cts. Do not allow a substitute to be
palmed of on you.
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Well, Wasn't He Rloht?

The minister was addressing the
Sunday school. children, I want to
talk to you for few moments about
one Of the most wonderful, one Of the
most important organs in the whole
world" he said. What Is that that
throbs away. beats away, never stop
ping, never ceasing. whether you
wake or sleep, night or day, week in
and week out, month in and month
out, year in and year out, without any
volition on your part, hidden away in
the depths, as it were, unseen by you,
throbbing, throbbing rhythmically all
your life long," During this pause
for oratorical effect a small voice was
heard: II know. It's the gas meter"
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tneH aWelnSplrlng depths Its DESERTS in
vastness of area, in potential wealth of soil
and climate, and in rivers of constant supply,
are sleeping empires awaiting exploitation and
development. Here nature offers to every
man his birthright-a wide sky the sunshine,
the wind, and sure reward for intelligent
effort. Here things are writ in characters too
vast for human pen.
The late Gov. John A. Johnson we'll said
the west symbOlizes "hOmes for the homeless,
food for the hungry, work for the unemployed,
land for the landless, gold for the penniless,
freedom for the enslaved, adventure for the
restless, dangers for the brave, unknown
world to conquer and room for ALL"
Irrigation has wrought it's miracle and 49,
100000 acres reclaimed are annually produ-
cling harvests valued at more than $3.50, 100000
and supporting in homes of their own more
than 100000 families. The wealth of that por-
ton of the country which great statesmen in
Webster's day were wont to declare worth
less is greater now than that Of the entire
nation in 1860.
In the swift march of national events dur
ing the past decade the development of the
west has focused the attention of the world
1t furnishes one of the most inspiring pages
in the annals of our commonwealth. It is
story of progress and human achievements
battle with nature in her sternest and most
forbidding aspect.
Future writer's will record the irrigation
movement as an epoch in our history the far
reaching influence Of which overshadowed in
Importance any other progressive movement
since the'opening to settlement of the Mssis-
sippi valley. The reclamation of vast areas
of our arid and semarid regions, which is
being promoted by the federal government and
by large corporations working in conjunction
with several states, is of profound economic
Importance to the nation
The additional opportunities thus created
the undesirable ef1ux of the country people to
the city, Millions Of acres of desert un-
leached by rain and storing in it's bosom the
fertility gathered there by centuries of wash
ings from hills and mountains are being
quickened by life-giving water.
Cities popuous and great, have sprung up;
rural communities, attractive and prosperous,
broad vistas of fertile fields and blossoming
orchards whose yields are prolific beyond COM
brush
Economic forces are at work today in the
country, and particularly in the arid west,
which are gradually but surely shaping our
agricultural development along new lines. In
many parts of the irrigated country agricul-
ture now occupies a position Of greater dig
nifty among the vacations than ever before.
It's place among the scientific professions is
now recognized and it is calling more strongly
every day for the best talent and brains
the nation affords.
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candy, and invariably wears a small
hat, veil. and a corsage bouquet.
He's clean shaven, and wears, be.
sides immaculate linen, careworn,
worried expression.
He pulls out his watch, presumably
to see how much of the honeymoon is
left.
When he registers at the hotel the
and wife" is written twice &C. large q:
his own name. +
She never fails to ask how man
Jumps OF sugar he takes in his ccrSSc:
Judge. -
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GUS sales, water rentals, etc., s1,69484477;
collections water rights. $S14,145.34 This
does not include any of the moneys collected
for the water rights which we're due and pay
able April l, 1910.
Among the several large projects, one OF
especial interest is located in northern wy
oming. When the springrime showers and
sunshine fall upon the snowy peaks Of the
lofty mountains on the eastern rim OF yell
lowstone park a thousand streams will rush
downward to fill to trimming the swift flowing
Shoshone river. An important physical change
will occur at that time The food that cnce,
Unchecked and uncontrolled, swept madly
thro.gh the rock-walled gorge will beat Itself
to Stiffness against massive wall of concrete
with watch man has blocked the canon. A
beautiful lake, 100 feet deep and covering ten
square miles, will appear.
In this wonderful cash in the mountains,
with perpendicular walls thousand feet high,
the government has erected the highest dam
in the world. 1t is wedge of concrete 1928
feet from base to top. It's height can only
be appreciated when compared with that of
some well-known structure. New York's IA
nous Flatiron building would not reach within
AZ feet of the top of the dam, and the tip-top
of the dome of the United States capitol would
fall short Fl feet of the parapet.
In the summer, when the crops are thirsty,
the big gates will be opened and the pent-up
floods will be released into the river below.
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A. Protection Against the Heat.


When you begin to think it's a per-
sonal matter between you and the sun
to see which is the hotter, buy your
self glass or a bottle of Coca Cola.
1t is cooling-relieves fatigue and
quenches the thirst. Wholesome as
the purest water and lots nicer to
drink. At soda fountains and car
donated in bottles-5c everywhere.
Send &c stamp for booklet 1.-THE Truth
About Coca-Cola" and the Coca-C Cola
Baseball Record Book for 1910. The
latter contains the famous poem
Casey At The Bat" records, schedules
for both leagues, and other valuable
baseball Information compiled by au.
thorities. Address The Coca-Cola Co..
Atlanta, Ga.
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called a plantation-and'f for each pur-
chase he drew particularly polite
check. When the banks threw these
out on the ground that their author
had no account the poor old parson
found the situation a dihacult one to
understand. He had thought that the
very purpose Of a banks being was to
cash checks for persons who hap
pened to be short of money. Why, If
I'd had the money in the bank he ex-
planned, 7 shouldn't have written the
checks at all; l should have got the
money and paid the bills Fortunate
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ly the matter came to the knowledge
OF well-to-do and generous planter
who knew Parson J., and who hap
pened to be in Richmond at the time.
His Endorsement made the checks good
and saved the unworthy old parson a
deal of trouble"