Evening Star Newspaper, September 15, 1927, Page 46

TOLORADO CREATES NATONAL PROBLEM 'Treacherous River Has De- fied Attempts of Man to Curb It. “Porreepondence of the Associated Press. Y DENVER.—When Capt. Hernando de Alarcon fared forth from the Gulf of California in 1540 to seek the seven fabled cities of Cibola he failed of his Jurpose, but he did discover El Rio Colorado—the Red River of America ~—the untamed and uncurbed Colorado River. From the time of his discover river, winding its devious course from nd Lake, Colo., southwest through Utah and the Grand Canyon of Ari- gona, has been the enemy of man. In recent vears jts problem 1 come a national one, with the S 1t touches unable to s ect for its control efforts in Congre: Johnson bill providing ment of the stream Lately the of Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico and U representatives of the California, ferred a smooth between and California over alloca rights set aside for tho and Nevada in ¢ontrol of the river. v the Btates are as far as ever from agree- ment, and the problem will be one for Congress to try again to solve. From an elevation of 14,000 feet at fts source—Grand Lake, the largest body of water in Colorado—the river descends rapidly ted wing nd with re to pass the for of on- effort to ona ter two States rojected for until in _northern Arizona it enters a series of on which grow decper and lead to the fa- mous Grand Canyon, where the water 3s from 5,000 to 6,000 feet below the surface of the surrounding plateau. From its source to its mouth in the Gulf of California it traverses 1, miles, and its drainage area is 244,000 square miles. A compact was signed in 1922 be- tween seven States possessing a share of the Colorado River Basin, looking fo control and use of the stream. In the agreement Secretary Herbert Hoover of the Department of Com- ree upon a proj- | develop- | I ice Wins Chance | pino was at a Chicago theater until amlee, opera heard him A golden voice, id Chamlee, as taken 0 under his ol | | velopment of the river an important |item in a national water program. The compact apportioned water from the Colorado for irrigation among the groups of States comprising the | upper and lower basins, but made no |effort to divide the water between in- | diviGual States. It never has become effective. Dif- ferences between California and Ari- | zona over the water apportionment, flood menace and projects for a stor- ir in the Imperial Valley of have been factors in thwart- consummation of the The dam and reservoir pr - came a political issue in the affected States, and finally the question of hydroelectric power was injected. The recent conference followed an offer of mediation by Govs. Dern of 0 | Utah, Dillon of New Mexico, Adams of Colorado and Emerson of Wyoming. For 10 days the executives and their envoys d d solutions only to dis- card them. Power, with its ramifica- tions of royalties, taxes and distribu- tions, has become an issue which keeps the States far apart, and the THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 THREE WOMEN DOCTORS TO RULE SPAS IN SPAIN Department of Health Inaugu- rates New Policy at Trio of Watering Places. Correspondence of the Associatdd Press. MADRID.—A notable triumph for women is recorded in the list just pub- lished of the medical directors of watering places under the supervision of the government. For the first time since it was established, the Depart- ment of Health of Spain has nomi- nated three women doctors to take charge of the important “cure” sta- tions. Dr. Elisa Soriano is to manage the bathing establishment of the Porvenir, Miranda; Dr. Loreto Tapia that of La Margarita of Loeches, and Dr. Soledad Ruiz Capillas that of Arechavaleta, in_the Province of Guipuzcoa. Hitherto Europe in general has hesi- tated to place its medicinal water “cure” in the hands of women. But Spain has decided to recognize that thercin lies a wide fleld for women doctors. Spain is remarkably well supplied with mineral springs, of which more than 1500 have been captured for medicinal purposes. SETTLEMENT SEEN. Suit of Frieda Hempel Against Heckscher May Be Dropped. NEW YORK, September 15 (#).— Settlement out of court of the suit brought by Frieda Hempel, opera singer, against August Hecksher, mil- lionaire philanthropist was seen y: terday asanimmediate prospect when their attorneys asked that rulings on motions now under consideration by the courts be deferred “pending the outcome of infermal discussions of the law and the facts now in progress between the parties and the court. Friendly offices of Justice Fran: enthaler were credited with bringing ahout the discussions. The suit was bhrought to compel payment of a 248,000 annuity Miss Hempel al- leged Mr. Heckscher promised her. el b Auto bus lines are rapidly growing in number in Great Britain. Starvation Diet Aids Doctors Find in Special Dispatch to The Star. BOSTON, September starvation diet cure epileps: man’s most ancient disease: Acting upon the observation that epileptics deprived of food had fewer s, a group of specialists in chil- dren’s , Drs. . B. Talbot, K. M. Metealf and Margaret I2. Moriarty of the Massachusetts General Hospital set out to 15.—Will a one of analyze the condition of starvation that brought about the favorable reaction. This done, thes proceeded to work out a_diet that would reproduce these conditions and vet provide , nourishment so their patients woufd not die from starving. Their results have been so success- ful that they feel justified in making the statement that this method of treatment gives the greatest promise of improvement of any yet devised for the treatment of epilepsy in childhodd. The condition brought about by starving that seems to be unfavorable for . epileptic seizures is known as ketosis and can be produced by feed- ing a diet high in fat but low in ecarbo- hydrate and protein, The investigators found that among other changes re- sulting from fasting were an incrs in the amount of uric acid in the blood, a lowering in the amount of sugar and a_more pronounced re: tion of the bloo e epilepti mn Epllepsy ure, Child Experimenting dren treated with diets that produced changes like these showed marked de- crease in the number of attacks. . M. G. Peterman of Milwaukee, has been following out practical- Iy the same program in treating epileptic children and has just report. ed to the American Medical Associa- tion his results with 14 cases of sev- eral years' standing. These children have completed their diet treatment and are now on normal food and have been free from the attacks from six months to three years since they have resumed eating regular food like the rest of the family. Airplane Sleds in Russia. Sleighs pushed by motor-driven air- plane propeliers are being tried out in Ru and are expected to attain great eed. Tests have shown them to be adapted for both city and coun- vel. They were Invented by the ) s institute at Moscow, which specializes in motor transpor- tation research. On the Square Table. m the Boston Transcript. ‘Life” punningly remarks that cross-word books, when the puzzles are all done, should be put in the d room. 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