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The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-09-24
I'll Dl
Only Fifteen Years Old is Vet
Urinary Surgeon in Lead
ing City in Georgia.

ATLANTA, Ga, Sept. 23.-aIiss Ruth
Corker, 10 years old, Of Ornowood
Park, suburb of Atlanta, is the only
girl veterinary surgeon in the world
Treating mules for lockjaw or sew
ing up huge cuts in horses legs is
chtld's play for this girl, who learned
her profession through her father and
grandfather, both OF whom arc veter-
mary surgeons. She has large num-
Der OF animal patients.
at takes a barrel of chloroTorm to
put mule to sleep" said Miss Corser.
SO I rope them down, inject cocaine
locally and operate"
Miss CoFker is very pretty, with
dark brown hair and hazel eyes. She
wanted to do something different
from other girls" she said
This is new and entirely uneX-
plored field for women. There are
women physicians who specialize on
human patients, but so far as is known
this little girl is the only feminine
horse doctor" in the world.
Miss CorlSer Is very much in love
with her work. She has acted in the
capacity of heller to her father for
so long that there is nothing in the
line OF animal ailments that she is
afraid TO tackle. q E2a
Miss Corker expects to open an ami
NAL hopital in Atlanta as soon as her
father is able to dispense with her
services. She is very confident that
sIle can make success of 1t,
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-09-24

The honor Of first navigating the sea
with a steamer belongs to an Ameri-
can, Colurel John Stevens, of New
York. The london Times, IN It's issue
Of May ii. 1919, thus announced the
expected EVENT.
Great experimental hbw steam
vessel Of 900 tons has been built In
New York for the express purpose Of
carrying pasBengefs ncroBe the Attain
tic, II Is to come b Liverpool IL
rect"
This steamer. named the Savannah,
the frat that crossed any Of the oceans,
was built at tho city OF New York by
Frances Picket for Daniel Dodd. II
was launched on August AZ, 1913. II
could carry only Beventy-hve tons Of
coal and twonty-fv8 cords OF wood.
The Savannah Railed FROM the city Of
Savannah, Go. on May 20, 1919, bound
for 81. Petersburg, via Liverpool. II
reached tho latter port on Juno 20,
having used steam eighteen days out
Of the twenty-six and thus demon
strStod tho feasibility Of trans-Atlan-
Tic steam navigation.
AS tho Savannah approached Cape
Clear, on tho southern coast of Ire
land, and smoke wAa aeen to issue
from It, 1t waH nt first supposed that
o sailing vessel was on FIRE, and ono
Of the kings cutters was despatched
to itS relief. But great was tho won
dor at inability, with oil sail, In fast
vessel to como up with ship under
bare poles, After several shots were
fred from tho cutter. the sRvannah's
engine was stopped, and the surprise
OF the cutters crew ut the mistake
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-09-24
FOUNTAINS
GET A HARD
WALLOP
From Doctor Dixon, Who Says
the Conco0tions Are Sell
dom Mourishina,

HARRISBURG, Pa, sopt. s3,-Dis-
pensorS Of Roda water arc not likely
to have this weeks Little Talk on
Health and Hygiene" by DR., Samuel
q. Dixon, the state commissioner Of
health, printed in leaflet for circu-
lat!on among their patrons. Tho soda
fountain. Doctor Dixon says in effect,
h an excellent institution to let
Alono,
Ho takes soda Fountains and Soft
Drinks" for the subject Of tho talk"
comments ON tho great growth Of the
husiness and utters warning that
the dispensed drinks not only arc
seldom nourishing, but arc likely to
undermine the health.
In addition TO all this, provision for
cleansing glasses and other utensils
Is frequently not of the best, and the
patron cannot be sure OF clean ves-
sels
DIR, Dixon says:
Connections Seldom NOurlShing.
Tho soda fountain has become a
national institution. The fact that it
Is universally used is not, however,
to DO taken as recommendation. Nat
urally during the warm months, there
is an unusual laundering for cool
liquids. What the system really Graves
IN hot weather is water. Cool water,
not leo water. This Is a natural de-
mand and one that should be supplied.
"We have acquired n taste for
sweetened concoctions which mas.
querude under the names OF all the
fruits that were found In the Garden
OF eden and others never heard of ex-
cept on soda fountain advertisements.
The bulk Of these are chemical prod
ucts in which no actual fruit is used.
They are seldom nourishing.
I'm very hot weather u glass or SO
OF these sweetened liquids will often
interfere materially with the dlges-
ton. and their tendency is to lessen
the normal appetite for nourishing
food.
Recommend Use Of Sherbets.
"Palatable summer drinks can be
made with the pure fruit Juices to
which cool water Is added. Sherbets
made in this manner ere far more
palntable and refreshing than the
sickly sweets which are the common
offering of the soft-drlnk emporiums.
Ice-cold drinks trritate the stomach
and produce catarrh sooner or later.
There Is another factor connected
with the serving Of drinks, soft and
otherwise, which Is open TO the sever
est criticism. In many places the
provision for tho cleansing of the
glasses Is inadequate, Too often a
hasty sousing in a tank of water is
the only washing which they receive.
1t is a well-known fact that washing
utensils in cold water is not sufficient
to properly cleanse them and destroy
germ life.
THE evils Of the public drinking
cup have been thoroughly exploited.
and all too often the soda glass comes
within this category"
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-09-24
SHE RECEIVERS $500 CASH;
LOSER SAYS "THANK YOU"

NEW YORK, Sept, 23.-Joseph Ror-
ner of East Norwalk, Conn. recovered
$500 he left in an elevated train in
Brooklyn.
Just as Rorner was reporting his loss
to the police a young woman pur-
chased a ticket at the City Hall sta
ton of the Third avenue elevated line
and pushed bundle through the tick
ct window.
Here is n bundle which / picked
IN In a Brooklyn elevated train" she
explained.
The package was found to contain
n big roll of gold and silver certifl-
Gates. 1t was sent to the lost and
found department OF the marlborough.
The following morning the general
storekeeper Of the PETERBOROUGH read
Of Rorner's loss and wired him to
call, which Rorner did at once. After
identifying himself he received his
bank roll, AS he left he said, AZ
thank you"
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-09-24
CARDINAL GIBBONS
FAVORS MOVEMENT

ployment may be said to depend the
whole destiny Of man. 1t is the way
that hours Of freedom Qelsure) are
spent that determines. as much as
war or labor, the moral worth Of a
nation"
"At this Recreation Congress,
continues Secretary Baker, "thre will
be assembled all the available expert
ence in the organization OF leisure
through Fairgrounds, physical ed
ucation, the wider use OF schools, the
larger human usefulness of parks, the
promotion Of popular games, sports,
dramatics, pageants and through all
the recreational activities which de-
yelop health, vigor, team play, and
good citizenship.
1T is important" writes Secretary
Baker, that the cities, towns and ru.
raj communities of America should
be well represented at this Recrea-
ton Congress-by public-spirited
men and women. Their payment OF
their own travelling expenses may
well be regarded as vital contribu-
ton to the development OF appropri-
ate recreational activities in their
own local communicable the
inspiration and practical guidance
which they will bring home from the
Congress"
Secretary Bakers letter concludes:
Whether or not you now believe you
can attend the Recreation Congress,
may l urge you to write to the Play
ground and Recreation Association OF
America, / Madison avenue, New
York City, for further information
and for copy Of the final program"
This invitation, written by Score
tary Baker to selected list of lead
ing citizens throughout America. is
now repeated to all persons interest
ed in changing leisure hours from IL
abilities to assets. There is no
charge in any form for information
concerning the Recreation Congress
or for admission to It's sessions, from
October 2 to 6, at Grand Rapids,
Mich.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-09-24
PRISON CONGRESS
OUTLOOK IS FINE
Governors of Practically All the
States of The Union Ap-
point Delegates.

BUFFALO, N. Y, Sept. 23-The
American Prison Association which
has arranged to hold It's annual con-
gress in Buffalo, October 7-12, an
nounces that governors of practically
all of the states in the union and
mayors of many OF the large cities
have appointed delegates, and the
attendance is expected to exceed 500,
including prison officials, wardens,
physicians, chaplains, officers of re-
formatories and industrial schools.
and others interested in prison re-
form.
The congress will concern itself
largely with discussion of practical
questions. The president, Arthur
Patt, warden Of the Utah state pris
on, will deliver his annual address at
the opening session on Saturday
night, and during the following days
the congress will be addressed by
Evangeline G. Booth, commander Ge
the Salvation Army, on Discharged
Prisoners; by Judge Renwick Rid
dell, OF Toronto, Canada, on Grim
inal Prosecution" possibly by Gov
ernor Charles s. Whitman, on "PrIs-
on Reform; by John Koren, United
States commissioner on the Interna-
tional Prison Commission; and by L
W. Page, director of the Office OF
public roads, United States Depart.
ment of Agriculture. on Employ
ment of Prisoners in Road Building"
A number or reports dealing with
various phases OF prison work will be
read and discussed and prison
physicians, chaplains and other spe-
cial prison officials will hold separate
meetings.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-09-24
They Have Good County Ticket
and Are Pulling for Hughes
and Robinson.


REDWOOD, Sept. 33.-Nicholas
county, like most OF the other coun-
ties Of the state which are politically
not all one way Of thinking, is draw
ing the tape sharply on political lines
in this campaign. This means that
the best the Democrats can hope TO
do here Is to get out what vote OF
their own they can muster at the
polls. Not in many years hns the
Republican party been 30 we'll salts
fed with the candidates to be voted
for in November. Tho nomination OF
Hughes was received in Redwood
and throughout the county with every
evidence OF Rtisfaction-he was tho
man Nicholas Republicans wanted
The county gave light majority for
Attorney General Lilly at tho primary
but the whole party is here, as It is
everywhere else in the state, now
working for Judge Robinson and the
Republican ticket.
A Mere Stripping.
Fleming Anderson, the youthful
Democratic nominee for Congress In
the Third district, resides in this
county, and will make an effort to
mako showing hero. When he is
compared to the seasoned experience
and ability OF Stuart y, Reed, the Re
publican nominee, who has won every
marathon he has entered in the prl-
maries and In the general election.
and with thousands of votes to spare,
Alderson's hope to break into tho Re-
publican vote OF Nicholas county Is a
mere dream. Republicans here know
that oil they have to do to make the
election Of Reed doubly certain Is to
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-09-24
BIG MEETING
In Jackson County is Addressed
by Judge Robinson, Re-
publican Nominee.

RIPLEY, Sept. 23.-Tudge Robin
son, Republican candidate for govern
or, spoke at q big meeting held to-
night at Saint Charles, twenty-five
miles back in tho interior of Jackson
county. Judge Robinson's party ar
rived here by automobile from Ra-
yenswood at noon today. He was
given a cordial and informal recep-
ton by tho people of this town. He
will address a big county Sunday
school rally to DO held tomorrow in
Roane county. This will be non
political address. On Monday he will
go to Arnoldsburg. where elaborate
preparations are being made, and on
Tuesday will speak at Glenville.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-09-24
Episcopal Contention is
To Make Many Changes

pictorial form the main events in the
history Of the church. Over 1000 per-
sons will take part.
The general convention is composed
OF the house of bishops and the house
OF deputies, which sit separately with
each having a veto on the other.
There are now in the church one
hundred and twenty-five bishops, and
they will all be in attendance with
very few exceptions due to the in
hrmities of age. Bishop Vincent or
southern Ohio, is chairman of the
houes, and the secretary is the ev. DR..
Samuel Hart, of AIiddletown, Conn.
House Of Deputies.
The house Of deputies consists OF
an equal number Of clerical and lay
members. and has a membership of
6lO. Each Of the sixty-eight dioceses
Of the United States is entitled to
send four delegates OF each order and
the twenty-three domestic missionary
districts are represented by one cler-
gyman and one layman, as are also
the ten foreign missionary districts.
The president of the house is the Rev.
Dr. Alexander Mann, rector of Trim
ity church, Boston, and the Rev DR..
HA9SASSt " ANSn 4OLhJ - SET
rotary.
Most of the meetings will be held
in the Moolah temple. The church.
men of st. Louis have raised $4,000
for the entertainment of the dele
gates. In addition to the official rep
resentatives, some thousands Of church
people will be in attendance from ey-
cry state in the union, and from Cuba,
Porto Rico, Honolulu, the Philippines,
Mexico, China. Japan and Africa.
The archbishop of Canterbury has
appointed the bishop of Worcester and
Bishop Montgomery, formerly bishop
Of Tasmania, to represent the church
Of England at this convention, and
the Canadian church will send Arch
bishop Thornelow to convey the fra
ternal greetings of\the Dominion of
Canada.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-09-24

they had made, IA we'll as their cur
ioSlty to see the singular Yankee craft,
can be imagined. They asked permits
sion to 80 on board and were much
gratided by the inspection Of this ma
val novelty"
Approaching Liverpool hundreds Of
people came OF In boats to see the
Savannah, On approaching the city
the shipping, plefB and roof Of houses
were thrunged With persons cheering
the adventurous craft. Several naval
owners, noblemen and merchants from
London went down TO visit the boat
and were very curious to ascertain
It's speed, destination and other par
toularB,
Tho Savannah remained twenty-five
days at Liverpool, and sailed for st,
Petersburg on July 20, getting undor
why with steam, and "a large fleet OF
vessels in company" The boat touch
Cd en- route at Copenhagen, whero II
excited great curiosity, and also at
Stockholm, whore It waa visited BY
the royal family.
On tho NTH Of September, tho steam
CT left Stockholm with Lord Lynedock,
OF England, who waa then on o tour
through the north Of Europe, as a
distinguished passenger. On the ninth
It reached Cronstadt, having used
steam tho whole passage, and q fow
days later reached st. Petersburg.
The Savannah remained Of 81. Pot
ersburg until October 10, and then set
sail on its homeward voyage "in com
pany with about eight sail of ship
ping" 1t arrived at Savannah on Tues
day, November 30.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-09-24
Will Be the Dedication of the
Elephant Butte Dam by
President Wilson.

LAS CRUCES, N. NJ Sept. 23,-Tho
browning event Of virtually twelve
years construction Of what is regard
ed as ono Of the greatest irrigation
projects in tho world will take place
when President Wilson comes to New
Mexico to dedicate the great Elephant
Butte dam, on the Rio Grande, north
of Rincon, on October IA. The dedica-
ton Is to be coincident with the hold
ing OF the International Irrigation
Congress on October IA TO 10, the In
ternational Soil Products Exposition,
all at III Paso, Tex.
The Elephant Butte dam is the larg-
est and most important Of the irrlga-
ton projects that the United States
has undertaken in efforts to reclaim
the desert lands OF several western
states and make them productive. The
work was begun IN 1904 when the first
borings for the foundation Of the mon
ster dam were made. Actual construc-
ton was commenced IN July, 1910, so
that tho dedication by President Will
son will be the final formal event OF
six years work on the project.
Largest In World.
Actual completion OF the construc-
ton occurred on Nal IL, last. The
dam Is the largest piece Of masonry
for storage Of water in the world. Ii
contains $4,000 cubic yards Of rcin-
forced concrete. 1t is Of the gravity
type, straight IN plan, 1857 feet
long at the top which Is EOS feet above
the original level of 81 Rio Graude
From the deepest excavation the top
Is 306 feet high. On the top there is
an 1S-foot roadway. The cost Of the
structure alone was $5,000,000 with an
additional $5,000,0OO for the many ca
nails and other work necessary for the
distribution of the stored water. All
Of this work is not yet completed.
The total capacity Of the dam is
2,642,292 acre feet Of water. or sutii-
cient to cover this number Of acres
to the depth of one foot. Putting II in
another way, the reservoir behind the
dam when full, will contain 1852 ,200,-
900, gallons, which. If spread out one
foot deep would cover 4,2s5 square
miles, an area over twice that of the
state of Delaware.
Long Shore Line.
The reservoir, pronounced the larg-
est artificial body Of water in the
world, and known as Lake B. N. Hall
has shore line of more than 200
miles. and an average width of two
miles. Mexican towns and villages
many of which have stood for a cen
fury or more, already are submerged
or will be when the lake Is filed. Own
ers Of this property were compensat-
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-09-24
In the Practices of the Church
if the Proposals of the Com
mfttee Are Adopted.

NEW YORK, Sept. 2S.-hrrange-
ments are announced here for the
forty-fourth triennial general conven-
ton of the Protestant Episcopal
church, which will be held In st. Louis,
beginning October II, to continue
for the greater part Of three weeks.
Among the important subjects
which will come before the convention
are reports from commissions which
have been sitting for the last three
years drawing up proposals for the
revision and enrichment of the prayer
book. stricter laws for dealing with
the question Of re-marriage Of divorced
persons, and the provision OF bishop
to have special oversight of work
among the negroes. Bishops will also
be elected for South Dakota, western
Colorado and Liberia.
Serman by futile.
Among number of special fea-
lures Of the convention there will be
an opening sermon by the Right Rev.
Sylvester futile, bishop of Missouri,
who Is the senior prelate Of the Epis
copal church and who this year cele-
brates the tiftieth anniversary of his
election to the episcopate!
Another notable event will be the tri-
ennial service Of the Woman's auxtl-
larry to the board OF missions which
is to be hold in Christ Church cathe-
dral, October II. At this service will
DO presented the women's missionary
Offering which three years ago
amounted to $265, 900. 1t is expected
that this amount will be exceeded this
year.
To Stage Pageant.
An entirely now feature will be the
staging OF q pageant of the church in
the coliseum, a building seating $4,000
people. The pageant will present in
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-09-24
PUPILS HAVE RIGHT TO
CHEW GUM, SAYS MAN

MADISON, Wis, Sept. 23.-The state
educational bulletin, issued recently.
comments favorably on suggestion
Of President ]. W. Crabtree, of the
River Falls normal school that there
should he gum racks in the schools.
Pupils have a right to chew gum, >
said President Crabtree, Teachers do
it. but they know when and how. Why
not teach these conventIonalities to
the pupils?
Permit the pupils to chew gum or
the playground and on the way to and
from school. But what will the poor
child do with his gum while in the
recitation or assembly room? A gum
rack at the entrance of the room con-
tanning a number and peg for each
pupil solves the problem"
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-09-24
FORMAL EVENT
OF SIX YEARS WORK

cd by the government as were the pro-
prietors of vast stretches Of grazing
land also submerged.
Tho spiIlway Is OF the combination
weir and tunnel type. The weir is
275 feet long, divided into Ave sec
tons, with an elevation at tho crest
Of 1913 feet above the original river bed
There are four tunnel outlets, ten feet
in diameter, With a capacity permit
ting tho sGfe discharge Of 5000 cubic
feet Of water per second. The dis
charge is controlled by ton feet diam
eter cylinder gates.
The dam is o solid wall Of masonry
and concrete with width of 215 feet
at tho base, tnperlng to q thickness
OF about twenty feet ct the top. 1t
Is built to withstand anything but the
most severe earthquake shock and Is
said to be practically indestructible.
Sometime ago reports were current
that MeXlcans from across the line
planned to dynamite the dam. and n
company OF troops was sent from Co
lumbus for guard duty. Reclamation
service officials held that this precau-
ton was unnecessary pointing out that
nothing short Of a trainioad of dyna-
mite. the placing of which would re.
quire more than year OF drilling,
would be sufficient to materially in
ture the dam.
To Irrigate Big Acreage.
Waters from the dam, which Is To-
Gated in Sierra county, will irrigate
100000 acres Of land in the Rio Grande
valley, In New Mexico. Texas and the
Mexican state of Chihuahua, extending
1870 miles below the dam.
By treaty with Mexico the United
States agrees 10 deliver to Mexico
10000 feet Of water annually without
cost. In return Mexico valves all
rights to the waters Of the Rio Grande
from the New Mexico-Chihuahua line
to Fort Quitman, Tex, approximately
seventy-fve miles.
When arrangements for tho dam
were first made, farmers owning land
to be irrigated came to an agreement
to pay the government $40 per acre of
land on which the water was used,
and 1t was estimated that this would
reimburse the government for the en-
tire cost Of the project. But the cost
greatly exceeded the original estimate
and 1t was finally determined rha
the cost TO the farmers would be $65
an acre. Protest against The increase
followed with the result that Senator
Fall, Of New Mexico. introduced n bill
in the Senate, limiting the cost Of the
project to the farmer at 500 per acre,
the balance to be bourne by the gener-
al government.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-09-24
oY ASSOCIATED PaEosI
ASKS THAT HIS ASHES
BE BURIED WITH WIVES

WASHINGTON, Pa, Sept, 23.-
flames s. Stocking, n years old, for
mer legislator, county Clerk OF courts,
Civil war veteran and one of the
wealthiest men of this city, was bur-
led under the provisions Of his will,
which are extremely unusual. The
PARTON OF his will relating to his bur-
ial follows:
II direct that my body shall be GRE
mated, and no religious services shall
be held on my body, ashes or grave.
/ direct that my ashes shall be d.
vided in two parts and placed in two
strong and air and water tight urns,
one to be buried in my first wife's
grave and the other in the grave OF
my second wife"
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-09-24
LETTER TRAVELS TWELVE
MILES IN AS MANY YEARS

JoHNsToWN, Pa. Sept. 2S.-Twelve
years to travel twelve miles was the
time required for letter in Indiana
county Glad Hair, of Smicksburg
wrote letter to his sister, Mrs. Clark
Wilson, in Punxsutawney, in 1904.
He received no reply and the incl
dent was forgotten until a few days
ago. when the delayed misslve was
delivered to Mrs. Wilson at her home.
Where the letters was during the
twelve years has not been learned.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-09-24

OAKLAND. Calf, Sept. 16.-An
Oakland street car company has in
stalled second conductor on one OF
Its cars. His duties will be, not to
ring fares and call streets, but to an
swer questions, help women on and
of, amuse crying babies. ord mr',o
himself as useful and obliging to the
travelling public as possible.