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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-01
CHILD AMAzEs SPECIALISTS.
Fourteen-year-OId Philadelphia Girl
Sings while Unconscious.

Philadelphia. Nov. 3O.-Specialists in
nervous and mental diseases in this city
are amazed at the remarkable powers
exhibited by fouTteen-yeaT-old Margaret
Marley, OF South Percy Street. who while
in the Roosevelt Hospital has shown that
when in an unconscious state she pos
sesses ability to sing like a prima donna
Willis Margaret was asleep one day
three years ago she was suddenly awak-
ened by a negreSs standing over her, and
through fear the girl went into hys-
terical fit which ended in a state of coma,
in which condition she continued for
weeks. Every month since she has at
tacks of this character. She was sent to
the Roosevelt Hospital. and yesterday, in
the presence of Drs. S W. Mitchell, J.
X. Mitchell, Francis y. Dercum. and
Charles X. Mills. she once more lspsed
into Inconsistencies. The specialists
heard the girl sing, and agreed that this
almost uncanny display of powers re-
veals talent which will undoubtedly
develop at maturity. providing that she
Is able to withstand the strain to which
her nervous and mental condition is sub
jected at this time.
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be provided for the Dakotas, Ne
braska, Kansas, Colorado and Texas.
In the meanwhile we have under
taken some tremendous projects,
among them the building of tunnels
over six miles long so that water
can supply 1900 acres. We have
also used large rivers and basin for
reclamation projects, rivers whose
waters have been SO tumultuous that
at first it seemed impossible to con-
Quer them. Often a project embraces
two distinct parts. one dealing with
q river and the other with its tribu-
taries, for in this way a river can
irrigate a much larger area than
II the main stream were utilized alone.
One of the most successful Of the Irri-
cation projects Is unique in that II
embraces irrigation and drainage,
Part Of the land is covered with waters
Of lakes, and It is proposed TO draw
on this water and to irrigate the ex-
posed lake beds.
All of these projects are attracting
settlers who hope to make comforta-
BILE nvings out Of raising produce
adapted to the soil and climate. Some
OF the projects have already called
forth prosperous communities, for It
does not take long for favorable con-
ditions for country life to grow I'D.
Trolley lines and telephone lines in
many places connect farms, and the
people who are benefited by any par
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MAN AND SUPERMAN'
CONTEST GREAT SUCCESS
The Herald Announces Winners of the Many Prizes
Offered in This Interesting Competition

I now, thanks to the Eugenists-and Der.
nard Shaw. W. CARSON RYAN, Jf.
Bureau Of Edu7ticn
Fifty other winners.
The fifty to whom the two orchestra
seat tickets are awarded are:
H. A. Holmes, 1897 Meridian Place.
L. ]. Heller. sos Thirteenth Street
Northwest.
Thomas Mainwsring, Register OF VIII.
Once.
Isabel Hopkins. 1876 Street North
west.
Julian Pierce, 400 BarrIster Building.
William F. Davidson, 1913 G Street
Northwest.
Mrs. Beatrice r. Moss 100 Euclid
Street Northwest.
Cecilia Day Phillips. 1875 T Street
Northwest.
Mrs. H. B. HolIifeld. Hammond Court,
Thirtieth Street Northwest
Anna L. Jackson, 21o2 Eighteenth Street
Northwest.
Deborah Regan. I'll Sixth Street South
west.
Mrs. F. H. Clopton Smith. The sheri.
dan.
Nell R. Lee Murphy. Linden. Nd.
Ann Harris Crawford, 1909 Belmont
Street Northwest.
Willis J. Powell. 131 Rhode Island Ave-
nue. Northeast
E. L. Epison, Chevy Chase. D. c.
r. Hanlon. Treasury Department.
Miss r. A. SERVER. 6Oe Fourteenth
Street Northwest.
Talbot o. Pullzzi, Ills Lamont Street.
Marie Covert, 3O2 V Street Northeast.
Theodore Hoffman. 1884 Prospect Ave-
nue. Northwest.
Sol Herzog. III Seventh Street North
west.
Nj. L. whitmarsh. Ajadia Park, D. C.
Helen Nelson DOGGY, 1S Thirteenth
Street Northeast.
G. w. Love. 1913 Meridian Place North
west.
May Drescher. SO A Street Southeast.
a. L. Albright. Arlington Hotel Con-
struction Company.
Mrs Mary Walker, 123S Girsrd Street.
Walter White, 1I9 Kentucky Avenue
Northeast.
r. Mumford Peck, Hotel Grafton.
Max NJ. Bernstein, Department Of Com
merce and Labor.
Marion C. Barker, 800 Street North
east
Marion G. Page, Shepherd Street,
Chevy Chase. Md.
William r. Layne. the Ontario.
s. Genevieve Neenan. Twelfth and o
Streets Northwest
d. r. Ward, Union Building.
Laurence A. widmayer. g107 First Street
Northwest.
'Minnettes Morris. 211s Street North
west.
Mamie l. Decker. 1898 Irving Street
Northwest.
Charles s Gum, 115 v Street North
west
F. f. Mentzer, sos North Carolina Ave
nue. Southeast.
Mary L. Graham. 71s Third Street
Northeast.
c. adelaide Barker. 3os Seventh Street
Northwest
Augusta Harlan. 1875 Clifton Street
Northwest.
Kinda Burke, 1eO2 Fifteenth Street
Northwest.
Lee ]. Nichols, Church OF Our Re-
deemer.
Mrs R j. Laleger, I742 Columbia Road.
Lydia Hendrickson. the Brighton.
Henson B. Hicks. Pan-American Union.
]. Fred Birrell, 3O4 West Columbus
Street, Alexandria, Va.
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irrigation IN going to redeem most
of our arid West, and we have only
Just begun to work on this tremen-
dous problem, though parts Of the
West were irrigated hundreds Of years
ago. When Cortez came he found 1t
in use in Mexico and Central America
and PiEarro was amazed to see irriga-
ton in Peru. More astounding still
long tunnels were built through
mountains that rivers might be car
ried underneath. In one or more
places we have adopted the same
method today. Arizona and New Mex
leo are cut in many places by old
irrigation canals that the Indians
used, and mystery broods over the
tribes that dug them. though in few
localities the present day Indians still
use the lateralA In reality, It was
not until Brigham Young took his
long and tiresome trek across the des-
ert and with his followers foundsd
his city and started irrigation on q
large scale that the people In this
country began to realize its posi-
bilitieS. Greeley, Colorado, was the
next place to understand the value
OF retaining land and followed Brig
ham Young.
The theory has been advanced that
the United States will never have
irrigation schemes to compare with
Egypt unless we tap the upper Mis-
souri,. If this Is ever done water Will
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RZ1ette -5aEse R7ayecE NaAho

such topics a. scientific farming. IN
tsnsive farming. increased production.
soil conservation and decrease in cost
of living and land values are freely
discussed In conservation congresses.
the people who have crowded together
in congested parts Of cities are be-
ginning to consider the advisability
Of going into opened districtL So
far Colorado has succeeded In get
ting more irrigation than the other
States. and II il a peculiar coincidence
that II is in this State that the town
of Pueblo is situated, which IL named
after the tribe of Indians who had the
best system Of irrigation on this con-
tinent when It was discovered by the
Spaniards who penetrated the South
west
work Of our Reclamation Service o.
its brave men. More than this, the
same desert which bears the fertility
of ages. all untouched. will become
the home Of many prosperous people.
all of whom will lend = hand toward
the living OF urbsnites. Great cattle
ranches are now being sub-divided
into small farms, the animals are no
longer allowed to roam over vast
tracts as In former days. and II Ii all
due to the miracle of irrigation. Every
snow-clad peak affords possibilities
for fertile acres, every roaring cats-
ract suggests to the irrigator .
chance for well watsred fields and
abundant crops. The Reclamation
Service is working on a dozen projects
involving nearly twenty million dol
lars, any one Of which vilk AFFORD
homes to countless people.
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PLUMBERS GUESTS
OF INSPECTORS
Plumbing Inspectors Hold Fourth
Annual Social Session at
National Hotel.

The fourth annual social session Of the
Association Of Plumbing Inspectors OF
the District was held. In the banquet
hall Of the National Hotel last night.
All the master plumbers Of the District
and many In the Engineer Department
of the District government, with whom
the plumbing inspectors come In daily
contact. were present as guests. Charles
I. Puts. Jr., chief Inspector Of plumbing
for Baltimore, was also a guest OF the
association. J. F. Brady was present as
representative OF the Plumbers Trade
Journal, and also acted as master OF the
evenings ceremonies.
A. r. McGonegal. inspector OF plumb
ing, welcomed the guests and members
of the association. The Cosmos, Polls,
and other local theaters furnished the
entertainment, while many Of the musical
numbers were given by members of the
association.
Messrs. brennan, Monkey, Chick, Tier
ney, Hart, LyIes, Humphrey. German,
and Kowsky formed the official part Of
the programme
Members on the COMMITTEES on arrange
ments were J. +. Brady. chairman; NJ.
]. Fennell, W. B. Wall, G. A. Crawford,
F. Wall, NJ. J. o'CaIlaghan. W. A. Spar
row, W. H. Marsh. Joseph d. Moriarity,
S. Tapp. F. Lockwood, A. r. McGonegal,
and X. A. O'Brien-
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by It. and yet the beginning has Just
been attempted. The possibilities for
the future are limitless II enough
money is spent to reclaim the whole
arid West.
1t is big things the West is &C
'complishing these days, though It
hopes to do much more tomorrow.
It takes men of daring to undertake
projects where they are suspended
by ropes, where gas, cave-ins and
subterranean springs render the pros
ecution of such work almost impos-
sible. Yet in one case through such
efforts the waters of one river were
augmented by another. a tunnel.-a
great underground railway,-was built
for six miles under a mountain two
thousand feet high. q railroad was
constructed to help along the under
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.EYNON ENTERTA|Ns
BOARD MEMBERS
Secretary of Board Of Trade, Host
to Membership Committee
at Club.
LOVING CUPS ARE HANDED OUT

William John Eynon. secretary OF the
Washington Board Of Trade, last night
entertained the membership committees
Of the board at dinner at the Columbia
Country Club as a compliment In recos-
milton of the committees work In rails
ing the boards membership from III 10
LOS within the year closed with the an
nual meeting November IL.
Compliments which. Mr.. Eynon show
cred upon the stalWart committeeman
were not without response, for they
whacked out big silver loving cup and
gave IL to him, Chris ]. Gockeler, the
retiring chairman, making the speech.
Mr.. Eynon said he would keep on help
ing. and that II the COMMITTEES raised
the membership to los in another year
he'd stand for another dinner.
DR.. Frank z. Gibson. for the commit
tee presented a loving cup to Mr..
Gockeler. who, he said, deserved great
big share Of the credit for the commit
tees success
Souvenirs of Occasion.
Gold buttons, appropriately inscribed.
were given the committeeman by John
Joy Edison and other members Of the
board. Matt Horne. Arthur Pierce.
George W. Harris, and L Bert Nye con-
tributed to the festivities OF the evening
with music and play acting.
Those present at the dinner were Harry
Almond, II. Clifford Bangs. John Brewer,
E. r. Brooks, Roy S. Brooks. Lyman z.
Burdine, William Z. Burns, John NJ.
Cherry. E. F. Colladay. L. Lee Combs.
Richard L. Conner. George s. Cooper.
]. Harry Cunningham, Clarence Dodge,
H. Clarence Duffey, William X Ellis.
Walter L. Elliot, William John Eynon,
Frank f. Gibson, c. J. GOckeler. George
W. Harris. John G. Hodges, Martin z.
Horne, Guy II. johnson, Theodore NJ.
Judd, ]. Leo Kolb, J. Wilmer Latimer.
]. Edward Lewis, l. Bert Nye. George
OConnor, James L. Owens, Claude W.
Owen, George Pitt. George c. Schafer,
James p. Schick, Frank A Sebring,
George C. Shinn, William H. Singleton,
Odell S. Smith, Edwin X. Staley. Parker
H. Sweet, r. Clifton Thomas. John James
Walsh. Fred ]. White, Louis C. Wilson,
and John R. Wright.
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taking and towns were established.
There seems absolutely no limit to
the utilization Of waste places and
the various means employed to make
them productive. In one instance
the bed OF an ancient lake was found
to be rich in plant food, and that
the waters OF a river that flowed
through It could be augmented and
diverted to benefit the surrounding
ground. The result is q project in 4
climate where the sun shines three
hundred days in the year, and where
such fine potatoes are grown that
they are shipped far and wide. And
all this has come from utilizing the
bed of an old dried up lake. In
another section advantage has been
taken OF the chinook winds which
melt the snow SO rapidly that the
hills are laid bare for the pasturage
of stock upon naturally cured hay.
These schemes are tremendous. The
average fastener has no conception
of what the arid West is accomplish
ing. When a dam is built three hun
6red and twenty-elght feet high, or
forty-eight feet higher than the Flat
iron building in New York, those who
realize It sit up and take notice"
It Is the highest dam IN the world.
How many in the United States know
this? That the Reclamation Service
has built the highest dam in the
world. It holds back waters 50 that
an artificial lake is formed which viii
contain enough water to cover many
thousand acres.
We used to talk Of the Great
American Desert. but soon this phrase
will be 30 obsolete that our children
will wonder what Is meant Now that
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ticular reclamation project think It Is
beat of all the various schemes. As
a rule the persons who embrace op-
portunities to make money out Of
irrigated districts are intelligent and
thrifty, and hence derive the benefits.
cns million dollars is spent every
month by the Reclamation Service,
and this Is none too much. It takes
money to have an equipment OF M
teen hundred horses and mules, many
miles of railway, telephones, locomo-
tives and electric light plants. 1t
makes a large payroll when seventeen
thousand laborers must be settled
with, but through this expenditure
the desert Is being peopled. Arizona,
California, Colorado. Idaho. Kansas.
Montana, Nebraska Utah, Washing
ton and wyoming have been benefited
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LECTURE ON POVERTY.
DIR. Jacob II. HOIIRnder to Address
I Associated Charities.

How far is poverty durable and pre-.
ventable? This is a question which will
be discussed at the thiry-first annual
meeting OF the Associated Charities, tC
be held at Rauschers next Tuesday
night. December 3, at o'clock The
speakers will be DIR. Jacob H. HolIan-
der, professor OF political economy, Johns
Hopkins University. Baltimore, and Miss
Julia c. Lathrop, chief of the new child
ren's bureau.
Prof. Hollander has spoken and writ.
ten on the subject OF The Abolition OF
Poverty for many years.
Miss Lathrop. OF the children's bureau
will show some Of the effects OF poverty
upon childhood. and how such effects
can be mitigated by enlightened commun-
ity action.
Mr.. Corcoran Thorn, president of the
Associated Charities. will preside. The
following members Of the Junior League
will act as ushers: Miss Elizabeth
Noyes. Miss Frances Carpenter. Miss
Helen Baldwin, and Miss Frances
Brooks.
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BIG HAULs BY GANG.
"FreIsht Carr Robbers Said to Have
stolen Property Worth s25O,OOo.

Chicago, Nov. s0.-Property worth half
a million dollars has been stolen by the
syndicate of thieves known as the
freight car gang and headed by two
physicians, according TO police working
on the case with railway detectives.
Capt j. o. Young. In charge Of the de-
tective system of the Erie Railway. de-
clared to-day that the thieves had main
tanned an organization for the last two
years. embracing freight house en-
pIoyes, clerks OF express companies,
fences. the thieves themselves, and job
bling houses to dispose Of the stolen
goods.
Capt. Young has "a complete set Of
books, showing that scarcely a day
passed without a robbery being COM
mitted. Richard Todd. a lye-year-old
boy, told where the books Of the gangs
alleged manager, DR.. Nicholas Kern,
were kept and disclosed the hiding place
of much stolen property.
The ledger was kept in a cipher code
known only to DR.. Kern, the police say.
Joseph Todd. one of the alleged leaders
and father of the boy under arrest, ex-
planned as much Of 1t to the police as
he could.
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DIVING VENUS" WEEDS.
Annette KeIIermRn Secretly Marries
James II. Sullivan.

Danbury. Conn. Nov. 3o.-Annette KEEL
hermann. whose high diving and swim
ming stunts have amused theater audi
ences on both continents, has taken q
plunge into the sea Of ma'rlmony.
1t became known to-day that Miss KEEL
hermann and James r Sullivan. who
was her stage manager. were secretly
married last Tuesday. Every preCautiOn
was taken to prevent f"Slicity, and II
was not until after their departure from
this city that news OF the marriage
leaked out.
The couple went to the city hall. where
license was issued. Then they went
to the ONCE Of Justice William A
Leonard. who is an assessor. and the
ceremony was performed there. TWO
members OF Miss Kellermann's theatrical
company were the only witnesses.
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NOTED EDUCATORS TO SPEAK.
Advance Gunrd of Delegates TO Con-
vention Reaches PhIIadeIphIa.

Philadelphia, Nov. 3O.-Many prominent
politicians and civic betterment workers
were among the advance guard Of dele
gates to the annual convention Of the
National Society for the Promotion OF In
dustriaI Education, which arrived here
to-day. The convention will convene in
this city December oil.
Among the new arrivals were some Of
the most notable men and women in
public life in the United States. In ada
dltion many well-known industrial edu-
cationists have signified their intention
of addressing the delegates to the con-
vention. Prominent among these were
former Senator Albert J. Beveridge, Of
Indiana; Julia c. Lathrop, chief of the
Children's Bureau. recently appointed by
President Taft: Representative William
&C.. Redfield, OF Brooklyn, and Senator
Carroll S. Page.
Many important topics have been al
Lifted to the different sessions Of the
congress.
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yards are supposed to be very
" similar to chess. They are of In
~ dian origin. and are sometimes
called chess on paper. Chess repre-
sents an army. and this army is rep
resented in sculpture. while cards
stand for the same in painting. Play
ing cards were known to the Arabins
and Saracens from the beginning Of
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-01
LECTURE TO "AD" CLUB.
Illustrated Talk to He Given To-
morrow Evening.

On Monday evening at s o'clock there
will be given under the auspices OF the
Washington Ad Club in the assembly
hail OF the Southern Building. a lecture
entitled THE Advertising Man"
This lecture is illustrated. and il one
of series of eleven illustrated lectures
that will be given this winter by the
Ad Club.
These lectures arc furnished by the
National Association of Advertising Men
with which the Washington Ad Club is
affiliated. They are written by different
men who have had varied and successful
advertising experience with many of the
best known concerts in the business
field Therefore, the lectures are the
result OF rich experience in marketing
products successfully.
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DooMs THEATER UsHERs.

"PARIS woman Is the inventor of
a theater chair that has doomed
the ushers, according to those
who have witnessed the new chair in
1t is so arranged that by
means of a little electric light people
will be enabled to find their places
without the aid of ushers. It is plan
ned to try the invention in all OF the
theaters of Paris this winter.
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Former Financier Set Free.

London, Nov. 3O.-Ernest Terah Hooley,
the famous fnanCier. was released from
prison to-day after twelve months i'm
prlsonment for obtaining six checks for
$1,000 each from Lord Tweedale. the
young Rochdale engineer, with intent to
defraud. The case arose out OF a trans
action concerning the purchase Of the
Thorneyhall estate. Hooley falsely rep
resented at the time OF the sale that
there were no mortgages or other
charges against the property.
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100000 FIRE IN HOBoKEN.
Policeman Injured ReScuinE AGED
Woman from Team.

New York, Nov. GA siI-storY fac
tory. three houses, and q part Of q
foundry building were destroyed by fire
in Hoboken this afternoon. Patrolmsn
Harrison was severely injured in rescu-
ing an elderly woman from being tram
pied by a team OF fire horses.
The fire started in the piano factory Of
Joseph w Courtado. at 1913 Grand Street
which was totally destroyed. II spread
to the F. F. Ferguson foundry building
and ran back through the houses ad-
Joining the factory.
About $50 feet from the piano factory
were two big gas tanks of the public
service corporation. The firement de-
voted a great deal of their attention to
these gas tanks, which were kept thor
oughIy drenched and withstood the heat.
The flames were finally gotten under
control after property valued at 100000
had been destroyed
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the twelfth century. They were car
ried into Europe from India and
China. The queen in the card game
does not hold the exalted position that
shS stands for in chess. where she
is considered a general. 1t would seem
that the game Of chess might find
popularity in the ranks Of the suffra-
gists, and that the card game would
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NEW WAYS TO MAKE PAPER

strength. quality and durability of the
highest grades of book and writing
papers. Tests are now being made OF
rice roots, wild grass. various plants
from Japan and China; also of espar-
to, an African grass which is used by
certain newspaper companies in Eng
{.
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TO PROBE DEATH.
Coroner to Hold Inquest Over G. w
Nyman's Body Tomorrow.

Thorough investigation OF the death
Of George W. Nyman. thirty-one years
old, ironworker. living at 1906 Eighth
Street Northwest, who fell from the roof
OF the south wing OF the new building
for the Bureau OF Engraving and Print
ing, at the foot OF Fourteenth Street
Southwest yesterday. will be made at an
inquest at the Morgue tomorrow after
noon.
Nyman stumbled and pitched head
foremost from the edge OF the roof,
plungtng eighty feet to the ground and
dying a few minutes after fellow-work-
ers reached him. According to custom,
the other ironworkers at once ceased
work for the day. Coroner hewitt COM
planned of the treatment accorded him
when he visited the scene
Nyman is said to be the fouS4h man
who has met death at work on the
building. He leaves a wife and two
children.
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n EGETABLE growth which has a
long fibre, such as broom corn,
" rice straw. cotton stalks. bamboo,
and various grasses, can be utilized for
the making of paper. This fact has
encouraged Congress to appropriate
twenty thousand dollars for expert
ments in paper making, under the d.
-Octions Of the Department Of Agrt-
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culture, with a view of providing
against the early exhaustion Of the
supply of wood fibre. These expert
ments are being carried on in a gov
eminent paper factory In Maine. Al
ready the experts Of the Department
have found that the waste corn stalks
from farms can be converted into pa
per Of the fpest quality. showing thei