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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-06-23
ISLANDS MOVE
ABOUT N RIO
GRANDE RIVER
And Cause Much Diplomatic
Discussion between United
States and Mexico.

WASHINGTON, d. c., June 90
Mrs. Albert S. Burleson. wife of the
postmaster. general, in a commune
cation to the National Geographic
Society, at Washington, d. c., de-
scribes the wandering islands of the
Rio Grande, whose migrations from
side to side of the water course have
caused years of Diplomatic ,corre-
spondence and discussion between
the United States and Mexico.
The refusal Of certain small
bodies of land to remain permanent
ly attached to one or the other of the
rivers banks deprived them of a
fixed legal status as either Mexican
or American territory and brought
about their participation in many IL
legal and unrighteous adventures
which In turn led to misunderstand-
ting between the 1.-TWO countries .
writes Mrs. Burleson.
Boundary Changes.
In no river is spirit more evident
than in the Rio ,Grande. Along its
sinuous routes below Rio iGrande
City 1t pushes its way through miles
of level send. and On dts final reach
for the gulf. twisting and doubling
upon itself like "a serpent. In 184S
1T was fixed upon US the boundary
line between the United States and
Mexico The boundary was ito be the
middle of the river, following the
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-06-23
SNITHF.IEI.D
tarEeIAl eoaNlsros0rNes,

tsPEeIAL eoRREsPoNpENeEI
SMITHFIELD, June &c. L.
Burdick, of Salem, was a visitor in
town last week.
Children's Day services at the
Methodist Episcopal church last sun
day evening were a success and at
tended by a large crowd.
M. D. Hutchinson, of siatersKille,
was a business caller in town satur-
day OF last week.
Miss Georgia chesney, of Sisters
Vile, was a guest of Miss Florence
Rouse at the Brown Front hotel. a
few days last week.
w. L. Harbert, 6of Wallace, was in
town Saturday of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. J.sAs Mason, of Man
nipgtop. were seen in town Sunday.
Robert j. Swtger, of ClarksburR,
was p business caller in town Mon
Mrs. H. E. Smith and daughter.
Lenora, of Shinnston, are visiting
friends and relatives in town.
J. w. Bull, of New SMartinsyille.
was in town Monday.
E. w. Todd, of Baltimore, Nd,
was business caller in town Mon
day.
The smithfiald baseball team
played the Wallace team here sun
day. The score was 8 to 5 In favor
of the Wallace boys
George w. Seymore, Of Connells-
vile, Pa, was in town Monday.
Ernest Shelbour, Baltimore and
Ohio agent at Wallace, spent Sunday
with friends and relatives here.
MT. and Mrs. MARCEL Lourshbaugh
are the proud possessors OF a fne
baby girl.
Sam Watkins, Of Wallace. spent
Sunday in town.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-06-23

i IIbt Nd1lC-
At indianapolis R.H.E.
Brooklyn ......00o 100 O21--4 Z O
indianapolis ...30O 900 11x-5 II /
Batteries: Lafitte and Land. Hem
derson and Rariden.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-06-23
NO CLUES
Are Obtained by Police as to
Man Who Held Up and
Robbed Luther DooIittIe.

Though the police were still at
work today, they had uncovered no
clue to the party who held up and
robbed Luther Doolittle, of Fairmont.
near the Dublin bridge ON East Main
street last night. AS Dooltttle could
give but meager description of the
htghwayman the police have little
hopes of capturing him.
The highwayman struck Doolittle
with some instrument, which inflicted
an ugly cash over his eye, requiring
three stitches to close.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-06-23

deepest channel. But the3riyer pos
sessed characteristics which had not
Impressed themselves upon the
framers OF the convention as possible
eanses OF friction between the people
living along Its banks. In addition
to its eroaing power, exercised
through long months OF low and
mean water, it could during food
leap with torrential force across A
narrow heck of land at the base fof
one Of its long loops and cut for it.
self a new channel. THROUGH such
favtlsiSe action Of the river, Texas
sod would sometimes become Mexi-
can, and on occasions Il plantation
occupied by jacals and Mexican cit
zens would oyer NIGHT end itself a
part of Texas.
AN example with serve to show
both the extraordinary actions Of the
river and the difficulties In the way
of any satisfactory adjustment OF
conflicting interests. A certain JOSH
|ah Turner began to farm a Galveston
ranch, on the Texas bank. Night
years later The was surprised when
221 acres of land came across the
river and attached itself to his ranch.
An arrangement was effect by which
he became the owner Of this land.
Six years later the river cut on a
piece of Mr.. Turner's land and took
1t to Mexico. Twenty-one years later
the river made UP its mind to repay
the farmer for what it had taken
from him and go carried back into
Texas a piece of land far larger than
the tract originally lost. The Mex
lean owners claimed possession, and
a new convention, dealing with the
questions under dispute, became nee
essary.
Mills Solves Problem. 4
ITO the fine discrimination, pati-
ence and tact Of Brigadier General
Arson Mills, United States army, ap-
pointed to represent the United
States, we owe the final solution to
the problem. He recommends ia that
the cut-offs be forever eliminated
from the boundary line, all those oe-
curing on the right of lthe river to
pass to the jurisdiction OF Mexico,
and those on the left to that Of Tex
as. The inhabitants, II any, should
retain their citizenship in the country
from which they had been SO sud
denly and violently detached, or they
might acquire the nationality OF the
country to which they were now at
,tached. Any ,eut-off exceeding $50
acres in area and having a population
of over 400 souls was not to be CON
stdered a banco, and the old bed OF
the river should remain the boundary
line. A convention ,embodying his
recommendations was finally ratified
by both countries. Thus, the great
iturbid. silt-bearing river Is left to
pursue Its way untrammeled; but
the terrors so long synonymous with
Its name have through the operation
OF this equal arrangement become a
part of the astqrted, romantic past"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-06-23
R. H. e.

hewson and Meyers.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-06-23

4RSbSAACst INopAnbOuB Eodllee an
Snyder. James and Whaling.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-06-23
I'M
. A NUTSHELL.
YESTERDAYS RESULTS
NATI0NAL LEAGUE.

Kantlshner and Gibson and Coleman
Pfefter and Fischer.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-06-23

The furniture dealer Is a4ortunate
merchant-for every household re-
quires furniture, and every house
holder finds the furniture ads il
the Daily Telegram Of intimate per-
sonaI interest.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-06-23

Western Australia produces more
gold than any American state. sends
more pearls to Europe than any other
country except Ceylon, and. Is said to
have the Richest belt OF hardwood
timber in the world.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-06-23
AMERICAN LEAGUE.

---
At Detroit R.HB
Washington -. .2O2 900 OOo-4 . 2
Detroit ........ lilo 900 1903 A o
Batteries: Ayers, Boehling and Hen
ry. Dubuc, Main, Hall and stanage
and Baker.
At St. Louis R.HE.
Philadelphia 1000 200 1908 . %
st. Louis ...... 900 600 00O-O 9 1
Batteries: Plank and schang. Lev
erenz and Agnew.
At Chicago R.H.E.
Boston s..... .OO4 900 900 s i.
Chicago :. ..-....0 f0 30 IUx45 s o
Batteries: Bedient, johnson and
Thomas. Scott, Benz and Mayer.
New York at Cleveland, postponed
on account of rain.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-06-23
FEDERAL LEAGUE.

GAMES TODAY
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Pittsburg at Brooklyn.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
No games scheduled.
FEDERAL LEAGUE.
Pittsburg at Kansas City.
Baltimore at st. Louis.
Buffalo at Chicago.
Brooklyn at Indianapoli
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-06-23

Second game
At Indianapolis R.H.E.
Brooklyn .......1OO 100 O1O-S 5 4
Indianapolis -. 0O1 2O1 OOx-4 Z q
Batteries: Finneran and Owens and
Land. Mullin and Rariden.
At st, Louis RH.E.
Baltimore $50. 900 900 DOLL s 4
St Louis ...... 900 OSO 0Ox-3 4 2
Batteries: suggs and Russell.
Brown and Simon.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-06-23
FEDERAL LEAGUE.

At Chicago
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-06-23
r. H. E.

At Chicago R.H.E.
Buffalo 800 900 OOO-S Z 3
Chicago ..... 900 100 SOx-4 8 2
4 Batteries: Knapp and Blair. Nc
CURE, Fisk, Hendrix and Wilson and
Block
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-06-23
At Kansas city

At Kansas City R.H. 3.
Pittsburg ....... $3.50 102 GsI-5 n 2
Kansas City -. .O02 DOL 1904 IL Q
Batteries: Dickson and Berry. Gull
Top, Stone and Easterly.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-11-04
Shooting Scrape
| On the East Side

As a result of a shooting scrape
across the track yesterday, Felix Nc
Coy lies in st. Thomas hospital suf-
fering from a bullet wound in the
shoulder, and Anita Mccoy, his wife,
and Robert Wilson, are being held at
the county Jail charged with the crime.
All the principals are colored,
Although Mrs. Mccoy secured di-
vorce from her husband nearly a year
ago, the trouble, it is claimed, arose
over McCoy's jealousy in regard TO
his former wife. Entering her home
yesterday afternoon and discovering
Wilson there, it is believed the three
engaged in an alteration. The par
ticulars leading up to the shooting are
not known.
Deputy Graham left at once for the
scene of the trouble and arrested the
two participants, but was unable to
find the weapon with which Mccoy
was shot. Mrs. Mccoy and Wilson
will be arraigned before Justice May
field this afternoon.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-11-04
High School Notes.
(By Thomas B. WILSON,

Yesterday Coach Smith went to
Holtville to work up the football game
for Saturday. To the disappointment
of all the students it was learned
that Holtville could not work up a
team in time, so the game was post
poned one week.
Today Labe Brewer is going around
with his head tied up as a result of
the football practice yesterday. How
ever, he will be playing in his regular
place in day or two.
The Seniors decided this morning to
give Il play instead Of an operetta
but The time was not decided on.
TIE Sophomores elected debaters
who will accept the challenge of the
Freshmen.
The Freshmen elected a COMMITTEES
to act with Mr.. Smith in selecting q
question and debaters to challenge the
Sophomores.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-11-04

! it is worth noting, was first intro
duced as an article of diet for soldiers
in active service in the Egyptian cam
raign of 1884. AS it was found TO
have excellent results Chiefly on ac-
count of its anti-scorbutic properties)
and also to be extremely appreciated
by the men, it has remained "field
ration" ever since. Il is generally
eaten with biscuit, as bread is but
rarely obtainable in the actual the
atre of war.
"Drnkables" occupy almost as large
{. place as do "eatables" IN the re-
serve food supply of an army corps
when on active service. After the
100000 pounds of coffee and 100000
pounds of tea, already referred to,
the principal totals maintained are
10000 gallons of rum, $4,000 bottles
of port and $4,000 bottles of whisky
There was also very large quantity
of lime juice kept in reserve for the
beneic of the sick and wounded.
Among the miscellaneous stores"
which the commander of an army
corps looks to his commissariat de-
partment to furnish when called upon
are $50 tons of alum (for purifying
doubtful water), 40 tons of chloride
of lime, 10000 pounds of carbolie
acid powder, 10000 gallons of izal
and some $4,000 pounds weight of
candles. The food supply for the
horses and mules is also on gen
erous scale, thousands of tons of hay,
cats and bran being always kept at
the base in readiness for instant dis
patch to the front.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-11-04
Feeding an Army Corps.
(By Herbert Temple)

! Ny iAcTDefl lCiIP'Sy
European Manager of the Interna'
tional News Service)
London, Nov. 1.-THE most serious
problem with which a general in the
field can be faced is that of keeping
up the necessary food supply for the
troops under his command. An army
indeed. marches on it's stomach. AT
pinch it can make shift to do with
out tents or transport, while, as is
well known, successful operations
have been carried out in a hostile
area when not single cartridge has
been expended for weeks on end. Yet,
though bullets may be dispensed with
this is certainly not the case with re-
gard to bread--or its equivalent. This,
at any rate, has always been the opln-
ion of the great military leaders-Na-
poleon, for example. being reported on
one occasion to have had a soldier
shot for throwing away bag of bis
cults in order to make room for some
Ammunition.
The scale on which the commissar-
lat arrangements for protraeted
campaign are conducted is an eX-
ceedingly large one. A fact that
contributes materially to this is that
not only have rations and fodder to
be issued daily to every man and
horse ON duty, but also that a con-
siderable reserve supply has to be
maintained at the base of operations.
In the recent Boer war, for exam
pie, the amount of food thus stored
was, as far as possible, that equaling
a fo1r months consumption. When
it is remembered that the number of
troops drawing upon it was we'll over
100000 at time during the greater
portion of the war, it will readily be
seen that such. a supply necessarily
represented very big stock indeed.
To 60 into actual figures, it may be
of interest to learn that at the head
Of the various items composing four
months supply for such a body is
24,000,000 pounds of biscuit. This
enormous total is closely approached
by the "bully beef" one, as for every
pound of the former commodity there
is at least three quarters of pound
of the latter. To render it more pal
atable than it would be in itself, the
commissariat department is required
to keep in store 100000 pounds Of
compressed vegetables and 100000
pounds of salt. As appropriate ac-
compartments to the beef and biscuit,
coffee and tea to the extent of 800.-
coo pounds and 100000 pounds, re-
spectively, are also included in the re-
serve supply.
In addition to such absolute neces-
sites as biscuit, beef and vegetables,
the four months food supply for an
average army corps in the field in
cludes many items. that may almost
be described as luxuries. For exam
pie, that for the British troops in
South Africa contained 100000 tins
of jam leach holding one pound) and
10000 tins of condensed milk. Jam,
Imperial Valley press., 1914-11-04

l want a nice home. have $500
to pay down on house and lot, be-
tween Fifth and Seventh and south
of Olive. Balance $25 or $50 per
month. F. B. w., Box 764, Ell Cen
tro.-Adv. 162
Imperial Valley press., 1914-11-04
Pre-InyentOry
Bargains

We take annual inventory December and before begin
clean stock that is to dispose of all merchan
which not selling readily did
formerly changed conditions To illustrates Until two
ago good strictly class bugges ranging
$4,000 $4,000 present demand for cheaper jobs
dsposng high grade work less
If you spend in you
saddles slightly used
gasoline engines plows cuivaors planters bugges etc.
already stated this merchandise the bargain
slightly of because clos
Stock instance the values good and
know money will spend little time with
Every year try clean in this but particularly
desrous doing the shortage We think
business policy dispose Of merchandise or
without profit for less than cost in
instances so that we may money elsewhere
Imperial Valley press., 1914-11-04

We have moved 100 pianos in sixty
days. Ed Royce Transfer Co.-Adv.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-11-04

Cut flowers and floral designs
Baldridge Drug Store.--Adv.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-11-04

Drug User Gets Jail Sentence-John
Burke, confirmed hophead, was yes
terday sentenced by Justice Hoffman
of Calexico to 1S0 days in the coun-
ty jail or an alternative fine of $3.50.
Burke was arrested some days ago
in Calexico and at the time he was
taken into custody officers discovered
q quantity of opium secreted in his
clothing.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-10-01

DR.. Taylor had left his cara Lewis
Six-valued at $4,000, In front of his
residence just before midnight on Sat
urday night. He had anticipated call
during the night and IN order to have
a car in readiness had left it standing
at the curb in front of his residence.
The call came with the early morning
and then the theft of the car was dis
covered. Before seven o clock Sunday
morning the local police were notified
to be on the lookout for the Taylor car
and just after dinner Motorcycle Police
Officer Emil Clausen found the car in
the ditch at point west of the city on
Salem avenue. It was disabled and the
gasoline tank was empty. People in
the neighborhooG declared that they
had heard a party of men talking about
the disabled automobile in the early
hours of Sunday morning. There were
four men in the party and they left the
car after pushing it into the ditch and
returned to Kenosha.
Four men, their clothing covered with
dust and all seeming to be under the
influence of liquor, reached the North
Western station just after four 'clocB
Sunday morning and they all purchas
ed tickets to Racine. One man did the
| talking for the bunch and he appeared
to be greatly excited. The men were
well dressed, but they made no refer
ence to having to come to Kenosha will
an automobile. The Racine police of
ficers reached Kenosha Sunday after
noon few minutes after officer Clauser
had found the automobile in the ditch
and later in the afternoon DR.. Taylor
came and arranged to have the cal
towed back to Racine. 1t is thought
by the owner of the car that the mel
had taken it for "joy ride" and thai
after it had become disabled they de
cided to abandon it.
1t was declared that if the identity
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-10-01
GET SECOND PAPERS.
Naturalization Mill Works at Circuit
Court Room Today.

The circuit court had one of the
busiest days in its history today when
Judge Halsey of Milwaukee, heard pc
titions of more than seventy people
born in foreign lands who are seeking
their citizenship papers. Many of the
foreigners were admitted to citizenship
but there were many who failed to get
the right to vote at the coming election
on account of their lack of education.
Federal Examiner F. Schlotfeld of Chi
cage, was in charge of the examination
of the candidates and the examination
was most rigid one This was sort
of a "clean up' naturalization SEES
sion of the court and many people who
had voted for years under a misunder-
standing of what constituted citizen
ship were among the list seeking sec.
ond papers. Some of the people who
secured papers declared that they had
resided in Kenosha county for more
than thirty-fve years.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-10-01
DEATH OF MRS. ANNA FLEscH.
Pioneer Woman of North Side of City
Died at an Early Hour This Morning.

Mrs. Anna Flesch, aged seventy-one
years, widow of the late Michael
Flesch and one of the best known Of
the pioneer German women of the city,
died at her home on North Congress
street this morning Mrs. Flesch had
been in feeble health for some time and
death came as natural breaking down
due to advanced years. The deceased
was a native of Germany where she
with her husband to Kenosha more
was born August %, 1913. She came
than forty years ago and since that
time she had resided on the north side
Of the city. A devout Christian woman
she took an active interest in the work
of women of st. George church and she
had been leading member of the two
organizations among the women Of the
church. The funeral will be held from
ST. George church at nine o. clock We'd
nesday morning and interment will be
at the family plot at St. George
cemetery.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-10-01
SEEK AGED MAN.
John Steinbach of Kenosha Fled Half
Clothed from the Home of Son.

Police officers of Milwaukee, Keno
sha and intermediate points are max
ing an effort to find some trace of John
Steinbach, well known Kenosha man,
who is supposed to be wandering about
somewhere between the two cities.
Steinbach, who is more than seventy
years of age, went to Milwaukee last
Friday for visit with his son, Andrew
Steinbach. Late last night relatives in
Kenosha were notified that he had dis
appeared from the home of his son in
Milwaukee. The old man fled from the
house long after nightfall clad only in
his trousers and shirt. He was bare.
footed and bare headed. It is thought
that he is wandering somewhere be-
tween Milwaukee and Kenosha in an
effort to find his way back to this city
Steinbach had not been in the best OF
health and for this reason his relatives
are greatly worried about him. Nc
trace of him had been found up to a
late hour this afternoon.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-10-01
Mrs. Louis X. Theirs to Cele-
brate Her One Hundredth
Birthday Next Friday.
DAUGHTER or The REVOLUTION

Mrs. Louis K. Theirs, mother of E. G.
Theirs and L. M. Theirs of this city,
one Of the two real Daughters of the
Revolution living in Milwaukee, will
reach the century mark on Friday. she
was born on Oct. 2, 1914, in Utica, II.
Y. and came to Milwaukee in 1883. Her
father was Seth Capron, an associate of
George Washington, and served in tt,
war of the revolution.
Mrs. Theirs shares the distinction of
being real Daughter of the Revolu-
tion with Mrs. Evelyn Wheeler, moth
err of ol. Wheeler of the Soldiers
home and Mrs. Alfred Ward of Osh-
kosh. Mrs. Wheeler celebrated her
ninety-ffth birthday this summer.
In speaking of the dresses worn by
the women of today and those of years
ago, Mrs. Theirs said about the same
styles now in vogue prevailed eighty
five years ago. She commented on the
many different fashions which have
prevailed during the last eighty years
and said a noted change is due in the
near future.
Mrs. Theirs takes much interest in
reading about the war III Europe, and
hopes for an early declaration of peace.
She retains remarkable control Of her
senses and her personal appearance sug-
gests a woman of seventy-fve years.
Mrs. Theirs has five grandchildren
and seven great grandchildren. A
family dinner will be given in her
honor by her daughter, Mrs. Charles
Quarles, at six o'clock Friday night, at
the Quarles home in Milwaukee. Among
the twenty invited guests will be Mr.
and Mrs. H. M. Theirs of Chicago, Ill.,,
Mr.. and Mrs. e. G. Theirs, Mr.. and Mrs
L M. Theirs and daughter, Miss Ma
talie, and Mr.. and Mrs. r. K. Dorr, all
of Kenosha.
The Milwaukee Chapter Daughters OF
the American Revolution, which has
sent her American beauties every year
will present her with basket of one
hundred red roses.