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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-06
BALTIMORE ADOPTS
U.S.CORNSTANDARD
Chamber Of Commerce. There
Agrees to Conform to Fed
eral Practice in Grading.

On behalf of the grain dealers OF Bal
timore committee OF the Chamber of
Commerce of that city today. agreed to
adopt the Federal standards for grading
corn without further protest. The agree
ment was reached. at a conference be-
tween the committee. consisting OF
Messrs. Myer. Mayhadier, and Jackson,
all of Baltimore, and Charles J. Brand,
chief of the office of markets and rural
organization OF the Department OF Agri-
culture.
At conference held last week Mr.,
Brand Is understood to have informed
the Baltimore committee frankly that
under the new standards OF grain grad
ing to be adopted by the Government
commerce, certain practices followed
heretofore at Baltimore would not be
permitted to continue.
The attitude OF the Baltimore dealers
has been matter of Importance for
the reason that that, city Is now, re-
garded by the Department of Agricul-
ture as one of the largest grain export
ports in the United States.
The Baltimore grain exporters OBJ
jected particularly to changing from
known as brine sale corn" based
on the grade of corn best suited &c
shipment In sailing vessels. In this
connection the department has re.
on the part OF the Baltimore dealers
in the grading of grant generally.
a case In point was that farmers "
Western Maryland recently shipped &c
that city three carloads Of what they
had graded as No wheat. When tht
carloads arrived In Baltimore. II was
alleged, the purchasers in that city. or
account of the over stocking OF No.
wheat there. arbitrarily regarded thu
shipments as No. 3 wheat, thus entail
ing n heavy loss to the farmers.
At n conference today. Il was stated
the Baltimore committee manifested 6
disposition to cooperate with the De
partment.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-06
OVERCOME IN ROOM
BY ESCAPING GAS
George Withers Expected to Re-
cover at Emergency.

George Withers. ffty-ive years old
was found overcome from Illuminating
gas In his room at l749 f street north
west, shortly after 3 o'clock this morn.
ting and rushed to Emergency Hospital
where he Is unconscious. Physicians be-
lieve he will recover.
George Poland, with which Withers
rooms. detected the odor OF gas this
morning and found his roomer over.
come In bed. MIR. Poland said the gas
was only half turned out the light, but
failed to close the cock completed be.
fore retiring last night.
Poland said'he has knawn Withers fol
about two years and that he IL unmar-
ried. Withers. he said, was from New
Orleans. and had been living in the Dis.
trict for Ave or six years. Withers was
formerly dealer In race horses, Poland
stated.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-06
Redfeld Will Publish
DyeStuffs Census Soon

That the dyestuns census would be
issued without delay was the statement
of Secretary OF Commerce Redfeld this
morning
- THE publication OF the census will
proceed Immediately" he stated. Such
items as would expose details OF indi.
vidual transactions will be omitted. In
accordance with the immemorial rule
OF the Department.
NO hearing Is deemed necessary"
A telegram was received from a New
York importer this morning by Secre-
tary Redfield. urging further delay In
the publication OF the dyestuff census
Several Of the importers. the message
said, wished to see the Secretary In
person and talk over the situation with
him.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-06
NORTHWEST CITIZENS
WILL MEET TONIGHT

Shall women be members of citizens
associations OF the DISTRICT
The members OF the Northwest WASH
ington Citizens Association are to dis
cuss. and decide this question for them.
selves at the Masonic Temple, Tenley-
town, tonight.
The question came before the associe-
ton at one of its spring meetings.
Several other matters OF Importance
will be discussed this evening. The Bor-
land amendment, taxing property own
ers for the paving OF streets, and ap-
poIntment OF new committee chairmen
are among the features on the program.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-06
SUN AND MOON TABLES

Bun rose. ...,... Cos Sun sets. ...... 5:45
Moon rises 1904 pm. Moon setsi2:4O am.
Light automobile lamps at 6;l5 p. m.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-06

let him read what Mr.. Roosevelt has
said about him--the same Mr.. Roosevelt
who has described the Wilson Adminls-
traitor as 'cowardly.' Does Mr. McCor-
mick hope TO compel me and my friends
to support Mr.. Wilson by goading Mr..
Hughes to insult us. toor'
The complaint in the suit against Mr..
Mccormick had not been filed when the
however, II was said at Mr.. O'Leary's
office. will charge libel and SANDER"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-06
FOR NERVOUS DISORDERS

Take HOrsfOrd'A Acid Phosphate
For insomnia. mental exhaustion and las
Titulc he best tonic for nerves ana stomach
AAdvt.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-06
Chief Clerks Meet.

Chief clerks OF the executive de-
partments held a meeting this morning
at o'clock at the Department OF Agri-
culture. Routine matters were dis
cussed The meeting was called by
Chief Clerk Reese. of the Department
of Agaricurture.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-06
TEMPERATURES.
(U. s. Bureau.)
TIDE TABLES

TIDE TABLES.
g.. S. Coast and Geodetlc Survey)
High tides 1858 a. M, height 81.
1894 p, M, height 20.
Low tides 9:N "A. M. height 0.2.
1919 p. m. height OF.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-06
THE WEATHER REPORT.

Forstcast for District OF Columbia and
Maryland-Fair tonight and tomorrow !;
somewhat cooler-general shifting winds,
becoming northwest.
For Virginia-Fair tonight and tomor-
row; somewhat cooler in north portion
tomorrow; gentle moderate winds,
mostly northerly on coast.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-02-04
SYNOPSIS.

Siletz of Daily's lumber camp directs
q STRANGER to the camp. Walter Sandry
INTRODUCES himself to John Daily, fore
! HIan, as the Dillingworth Lumber Co,
or most of it," He makes acquaintance
| with the camp and the work. fie gives
Siletz permission to ride Black Bolt, his
SADDLE horse. In an emergency he proves
10 the foreman that he does not lack
judgment. Siletz tells him of the Preach
Ter. He discovers that Siletz bears the
sign of the Siletz tribe of Indians and
WONDERS what her surname is In the
hush Of a tender moment he calls her
the Night Wind in the Pines" and kisses
nel Poppy OrdWay magazine writer
from New York. comes to Daily's to get
material for romance of the lumber
region. Hampden of the yellow Pines
20. wants Sandry to keep off a tract Of
stumpage he claims title to and Sandry
ttnlnks he has bought as the East Belt.
aampden sets up a cabin on the East
Belt and warns trespassers off. Sandry
can ma no written evidence Of title to
the tract. His men pull down the cabin.
SandrN compares Siletz and Poppy. San
CRY and Hampden's men fight over the
disputed tract. The Preacher stops the
nght. Sandry finds that the deed to the
Fast Belt has never been recorded He
decides to get out his contract first and
nght Tor the stumpage afterward. Poppy
scents trickery and f1rts with Hampden
70 gam his confidence. She 'ells Sandry
mat t1ampden is crooked andN tat she'll
get him Poppy goes to Salen n search
OF evidence against Hampden. Sandry and
S'ietz ride to the seashOre and Sietz sees
the ocean for the first time Sandry s
men desert him for Hampton, who has
oiefed more money. Siletz goes to her
friends the Siwashes and persuades them
70 work tor SandrY to save his contract.
1oppY tells Sandry that she has proof of
Eampdehs filing bogus entries i'm cOllu-
@ioh with the commissioner
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-02-04
Now He Saws "Nein."

Col. George C. Wright tells the fol-
lowing on a saloonkeeper named Nc
Dermott:
McDermott was a very generous
man, and they say he would set EN-
up about as often as anybody else.
One day a crowd had collected, and
one man, German, ordered drinks.
McDermott followed suit and the
customer reciprocated. Then he start
ed out, and as he did so he Queried,
'Das list allies recht?"
Now, McDermott's education in Ger
maB had been neglected in County
Mayo. About all he knew in that
language was YAH" so he said it
enthusiastically
When he was gone McDermott be-
moaned the fact that his customer had
not paid, and was informed that he
had told the man that it was "all
right"
Mac made a few more inquiries and
learned the opposite of Yah" Here
after it is 'nein' for me-" said hest.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-02-04
SYRUP Of FIGS FOR
4 CHILD'S BOWELS
t is cruel to force nauSeating,
harsh phySiC into a
sick child.

Look back at your childhood days.
Remember the dose mother insisted
on-castor oil, calomel cathartics.
How you hated them, how you fought
against taking them.
With our children it's different.
Mothers who cling to the old form of
physic simply don't realize what they
do The childrens revolt is well-found-
ed. Their tender little "insides" are
injured by them.
If your child's stomach, liver and
bowels need cleansing, give only deli
cious California Syrup of Figs" It's
action is positive, but gentle. Millions
of mothers keep this harmless fruit
laxative" handy; they know children
love to take it; that it never fails to
clean the liver and bowels and sweet
en- the stomach, and that teaspoonful
given today saves a sick child tomor-
row.
Ask at the store for 5O-cent bottle
Of California Syrup of Figs" which
has full directions for babies, children
of all ages a nd for grown-ups plainly
on each bottle. Adv.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-02-04
Canada's Giant Trees.

The 225-foot long spar" of Doug
las fir, a gift from British Columbia,
which is to be erected as flagstaff
in Kew Gardens. in England, is typi-
cal of hundreds of similar pieces Of
timber which grow in the forests Of
western Canada The Kew Gardens
Flagstaff, which was taken down ow-
ing to it's insecure condition in Decem-
Der, 1918, and which was 100 feet
in length, also came from British
Columbia and carried, the flag in Kew
Gardens for over half a century. 1t
was presented to the gardens by the
late Mr.. E. Stamp and was brought
to England by a sailing ship, via
Cape Horn, in 1861. When it was de-
cided to take it down two years ago
it occupied a big staff of workmen
over a fortnight in rigging up the
necessary derricks and gear for low.
ering it to the ground.-Pall Mall Ca
zette.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-02-04
CTO BE CONTINUEDJ
RILEY HAD TO WRITE JlNGLES
Former Schoo! Teacher Recalls Days
When the Loved Poet Was
Her Pupil.

"Jingles" and not regular studies &C.
cupied the school hours of James
Whitcomb Riley. the noted Hoosier
poet, according 10 Mrs. libby" VI
rey, seventy-three years old, of Athens,
Tenn, who is visiting with Mrs. S. A.
Rice of Covington, Ky, the Cincinnati
Commercial-Tribune states.
"In the year 1860-61, when | taught
in the subscription school at Green
field. Ind, Riley was one of my pupils,
and, although he was a good student,
he never carried off the honors of his
class.
His chief delight was to hide be-
hind some other pupil and compose
'jingles,' as he called them, and when
caught in the act always explained
that he had to write, as the verses
were always going through his mind.
Composition came natural to him
and he would stop in the midst Of a
task to jot down some little verse.
When he was about eighteen years old
he ran away with a travelling medicine
show and later painted signs on fences,
but would stop work suddenly to
sprawl out on the grass by the road
side and jingle"
Mrs Ulrey attended the celebration
in honor of the poet which was recent
ly held in Indianapolis and she and her
former pupil spent several hours to-
gether recalling the old schooldays.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-02-04

once as she began. almost impercep-
tibly, to back out from the shore. The
ends of the chains were hauled up
slipped forward and fastened securely
after the logs HAD been coaxed to
gether as much as was possible with
rope and peavey and cant hook.
by jingo!" said Daily. but that
was blast. The son-of-a-gun must
have had wagon-loan O. sticks. An
it was a plant, all right. Must've had
some batt'ries an trigger wire. But
he hain't smart enough to fgger out
such things. Twa'n't tn right slant
or she'd hit us amidships an opened
us up proper-an' we'd a-gone to sea
in pieces"
The hours of the food tide we're irk
some to him, waiting, wondering how
it Jared with Sandry swinging be
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-02-04
CHAPTER XVI.
The Bib Raft.


On the fourteenth of March the
wheezy tug pulled the great, brown
cigar-shaped monster that meant so
much to Sandry and the fortunes of
the Dillingworth from it's mornings
out to the narrow, deep neck of the
bay that would take it to the sea
Sandry for the first time in his life
felt the slow sliding motion as the
great oval floor responded to the
screeching tug and the ebb tide.
On board with Sandry were Daily
and eight Indians, all armed and wait.
ing for anything that might develop
But Hampden had no notion Of meet
ing John Daily in his present mood
and it seemed as if all was to &c
smoothly, AS the raft drew males
tically abreast Of the mill at Toledo
the yellow Pines owner was cOnspicu
Gus or the dock. though he did not ap
pear to see anything beyond the pile
of raw, bright lumber he was marking
His ford face wore sardonic grin
John" said Sandry, its a wonder
Hampden didn't do something surer to
hinder US jam the bay with logs OF
tie US up some way,
Might, only I've had John Teeter
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-02-04
CHAPTER XVII.
A Hard Knock,

1t was a sweet spring day, blue
arched and fitful-aired, with a riot of
bird songs in the pines when the little
cavalcade bore Walter Sandry up the
vivid valley.
They took him up the slope and
into the office and held him while ST.
letz flew to the house for many more
blankets to pile high on the spring
cot, and presently they laid him,
sadly broken thing, upon it. The color
had drained from the dark face of the
girl, and her hands, shut hard, hung
tensely in the folds of her skirt as
silence fell with the easing of the man
upon the bed,
Doctor" she said hoarsely; doc
tor" and could get no further. o. Sc
The doctor had known her for the
several years he had been in the coun-
try and he studied her face moment
before answering.
Close call, S'letz," he said gently;
maybe he'll live-maybe not"
For a moment she swayed upon her
feet, fiinging her hands across her
eyes, while her breath came in catch
ing gasps.
But God sits above the seal" she
cried at last, tragically. "Oh, Father
spare him, for he is an unbeliever!
At this tense moment Poppy Ord.
way. who had been watching from the
background with parted lips and kin.
ding eyes, stepped forward.
'Doctor-Mrs. Daily" she said,
this terrible Aing forces me to speak
of something which land Walter
also-had not intended to make known
at present. am Mr.. Sandry's prom.
Used wife and as such / will take
charge of him." d.,
All her life had this woman taken
chances, sharp chances, fraught with
swift danger and trying to nerve and
skill, but never had she done a harder
thing than to face this little group of
| Westerners whose instinct matched
her art.
They turned upon her in thunder
stricken silence-the doctor with a
clean amaze, the Indians in stoical
quiet, Ma Daily with an establishment
that was only the forerunner of antag-
onistic reaction But of them all it
was the face of Siletz, fallen upon her
knees beside the cot, that shook the
heart in her, chilled her bold spirit.
1t lifted itself, painting, white and
! awful it's lips where sthe broken Sign
stood plainly out fallen apart and col
orless. The,dark eyes staredsupon her
with an uncomprehending horror that
irritated her.
= VI know Something Of nursing and
/ we'll do out best"
But here Siletz sprang up to her
slim height and her voice smote the
hushed' room like the swapping of a
! taut wire.
mol" she cried in anguished pro
test. mo! He kissed me and | am
his woman!"
They faced each other across the
unconscious form of the man, these
| two women from the ends of the earth,
and war raised its banner between
them. Unnoticed, the four Indians
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-02-04
Wild Things a Pest in France.

The prohibition imposed by the
French government upon hunting has
caused wild animals and birds to null
tiply so rapidly during this summer
that crops in the fields and in orchards
and gardens in various forest regions
have been ravaged. The menace has
become so serious that the govern
ment authorities are now killing rab-
bits, hares, pheasants and other ami
mails and birds which have fed upon
the growing crops. The killing is done
on specified days by those in the COM
munes who have proper authorization.
The huntsmen act collectively, no indi-
vidual sportsman being allowed to go
out for. game. Guns 'are not used in
the work except under the supervision
of gendarmes, and then only when 9TH
err means of disposihg of the game,
such as traps and ferrtts, are not avail
able. Wherever possible, the game is
taken. alive, and transferred to other
parts of the country for restocking
purposes.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-02-04

shifted gently until they stood, back
ground for the pallid girl in the rough
western garb. Miss Ordway smiled,
though a hard brilliance came into her
face.
Perhaps" she said. He has kissed
many. 1t is the way of the outside
world"
She turned to the physician.
when do you think he will recover
consciousness"
Her cool voice terminated the sceneI
She was mistress of the hour.
With both hands extended before
her Siletz went blindly out into the
sunlight. She stood a moment, her
breath coming and going in great
gasps, like that of a doe MORALLY
wounded, and in her eyes was no light.
Like the wounded doe, she fed to
the hills for sanctuary. Coosnah
swung into his pace behind her; and
presently, after an hours climb, they
reached the great fir stump on the
crest of the ridge. Here the girl flung
herself on her knees, gripping her
braids in savage fingers, and for wild
space something within her that she
had never known in all her life arose
and shook her. She had gone back a
thousand years. Blind rage was upon
her-she wanted to fight as the pre-
historic female fought for her mate.
So she knelt and rocked in the Inst
of fury while the little clouds sailed
in an azure sky and the hill streams
trickled to the valleys, and suddenly
a bird in high pine top dropped a
string of notes. clear. silvery, spar
king for all the world like the dia-
mond notes Of flute and instantly she
covered under them, covering her eyes
in instructive guilt
mo IoI rONrTThrTTrn,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-02-04

ragged scalp with his hands, and there
one wavered drunkenly from the fall
he had got, but all eight accounted for
themselves.
Boys" said Daily tensely, "all who
can swim get into the water quick!
Sandry was standin alone at her nose.
It's hundred to one he's done fort"
No one asked a question: the Indians
accepting with their pathetic fatalism
this disaster which would have set the
tongues of white men flying.
Silently the five who were unframed
except for bruises slipped into the
heavily running tidewater and disap,
peared amid the hotsam and jetsam of
the long bay which travelled always
aimlessly back and forth.
The grooming of the raft grew in vol.
ume for few minutes, thcn subsidized
as 1t locked and settled. Daily on the
shore began threshing the ferns, filling
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-02-04
mo, by Heaven, He'd Want Her to
Go Thru ugh"

tween the Indians, and thinking bit
terly of Hampden. who was proving
himself a dangerous enemy.
But he thought also of the steamer
blowing down from Portland, which
would stand in. at Yaquina, and he
knew he would be ready to turn over
the raft in spite of all.
BE a damn hard matter to tow by
that head" he told himself; guess
we can drift her out an turn her tail
on"
Then he fell to wondering if San.
dry would ever know of the big check,
or if it would travel east with him to
the old man in the wheeled chair on
Riverside drive-mute evidence of the
tenderfoot's first and last fight!
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-02-04
CHAPTER XV-Continued.

why why" stammered Siletz, 81
hardly know. Yet-there is some
thing"
She fell silent a moment, standing
beside him.
The winds of Gcu are heavy on my
soul, Sandry" she saio&at last, ear
nestly, and they tell Me that you
are sad. What can do-oh. what can
do to help?"
There was in her voice the simple
Try of sympathy so intense that it
gas anguish, and Sandry's lips tight
ned in the darkness.
For heady moment he could scarce
Psist the bidding of the lawless thrill
lat she was ever capable of sending
rough him, to take her into his arms
he had done that day when she
held the sea. But tardy thought
Miss Ordway shut his hands upon
Pmselves and steadied his voice
lie put his hands upon her Shout
rs and turned her round.
Go back to Ma Daily, child" he
d, but his voice had fallen to a
1sper whisper that was a caress.
laden as heavily with wistful sadness
as whisper might be. and don't fret
l am all right"
Without a word. obedient to him as
the primal woman ever is to. man,
Siletz went away in the night toward
the cookshack.
AS she passed up the path she al
most brushed the garments of Poppy
Ordway, standing in rigid silence, her
hands shut in the folds of her gown,
her rose lips ashen, her eyes strained
wide.
Fool! Fool! FOOL" the woman
was thinking in a rage of passion.
why didn't | suspect? She is some.
thing to him-she has her charm.
There is danger in her to mech
Sandry, you stupid. simple hearth
For Poppy Ordway had heard the ca
ress of that lowered voice. The new
passion in her took fright, and a furi.
Gus, choking rage sent the blood hot
upon her heart
The next morning he found upon his
WindoW-ledge a handful of fern and a
spray of tiny, yellow, waxlike flowers
that were beginning to show where
the little streams tore down the noun.
tains, lining their rocky beds. He
took'them in and put them away in a
drawer among his papers, silent voice
of sympathy that was as delicate as
it was strong.
That morning when Poppy Ordway
encountered Siletz the bright smile
she gave her covered a sudden hatred
that had sprung. full grown, from a
mans low whisper; and the bad times
that followed for the girl had their
inception then.