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Evening star., 1917-05-12
"The Digest"-- Busy Mans Bible, the Doubling

Those of us who are busy. and which OF US is not in
these superstrenuous tines frequently sigh the arid
wilderness of irrelevant information through which
have to struggle in daily papers in order to obtain
those diamonds in dust-heap, the items of vital
Tor which seeking THE LITERARY DIGEST
Evening star., 1917-05-12
R. B. Gelatt, Publisher, Dies.

LA CROSSE, Wis, May 1a.-Roland B.
Gelatt. publisher of the Tribune and
Leader Press, died suddenly last night
from an attack of heart disease. He
was siXty-one years old.
Evening star., 1917-05-12

Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Kaufman have
closed their town house and moved to
Airlie for the spring and early sum-
mer. Mr.. and Mrs. Max Kaufman and
family are guests at Airiie for the re-
maiuder of Nav.
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MARRIED.

MaccARTEE-STEwART On Saturday. May 5,
1917. by Rev. John c. Ball, ALICE LORkTTO
STEWART and CHARLES J. MaeCARTEE.
Evening star., 1917-05-12

Mr. and Mrs. William F. Hit, who
were among the daily attendants at the
horse show. left Washington Friday
for Kentucky.
Evening star., 1917-05-12

ernocn at the National. The party in
cluded Mrs. Robert Lansing, Mrs.
Thomas Watt Gregory, Mrs. Hunt Sla-
ter and Mrs. Stephen Osborne.
Evening star., 1917-05-12

Maj. and Mrs. Earl l. Brown enter
tanned at dinner last night, their guests
including Col. jefferson r. kean. Maj.
and Mrs. John ]. Kingman, Capt. and
Mrs. Frank S. Besson, Lieut.. and Mrs.
Douglas l.. Weart and Mrs. H. d.
Glover The decorations were red and
yellow tulips surrounded by maidenhair
ferns
Evening star., 1917-05-12

Mrs. Frederic D. McKenney enter
tanned informally at luncheon at the
Shoreham today. in compliment to her
house guest, Mrs. Horace Bennett OF
Evening star., 1917-05-12

Tonight Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F.
Logan will give a dinner dance at the
Lock Tavern Inn for Mr.. and Mrs.
Bennett. who leave tomorrow for New
York
Evening star., 1917-05-12

Mr.. James Clark Mcclure of New
York is u house guest of Maj and Mrs
Robert Kelton.
Evening star., 1917-05-12
DIED.


G.: beloved husband of Elizabeth Brown and
father OF Tucker G. Brown. IN tho seventy
ninth year OF his age. heinaiEs can he sen
TON. beloved son OF George W. and Clara A.
Easim-nt.
funeral SUNDAY May l3. from residence OF his
Thomas Episcopal Church, where services will
be held At , pm. interInent at Rock Greek
CRAVEN. On Thursday. May 10, 1917. at 10
Pm. JOHN c.. beloved husband of Elizabeth,
craven, aged eishtx-six years.
Funeral from the residence Of his son. Horace
May II. at . pm. Relatives and friends in-
terry. Is.
FENNELL. On Thursday. May H. 1917. in his
twenty.seventh year, EE.iNAI.D EDw ARD.
beloved husband of Virginia Hunter fenneu
and son Of William L. and Sarah NJ. fennrll.
Funeral from liz eth street northwest. k.ani-
IL, AT am. intersnent Mt Lanfcl. Md.
M1r 1d Departed ,ai life Tnarsds AZ
5'l street southeast. ELIZABETH. beloved
Thompson. James and Lille rinekney.
Pest. spirit. rest
Funeral Monday. May IA, nt = O'Clock pm
from Israel c. NJ. Z. Church, lst and Is
streets southwest
KEELE. On May II, 1917. nj 1880 am. after
brief Illness. IDA LUCILLE, beloved sister
of Edgar l.. and John {. keele. aged twenty
one
Service and Increment at hor late home in Green
vile. y. e., Sunday. Friends and relatives
invited IL
ai.fREis. th' beloved husband Of Louisa Reed.
aud fati!s. Of in'-E \ and Charles A. Reed.
Funeral from the Vermont Avenue Baptist
Church. Rev. j. l.. ILLS. pastor Sunday.
May 13. at l o'clock. Relatives and friends
invited L..
Mt the ,lamplain Apartments. Mrs. rESSIE
ROBINSON. widow "f the late William Fit
Robinson and mother Of The late Charles
Robinson:
Notice OF funeral hereafter. i.
Evening star., 1917-05-12

Mr.. and Mrs. Skiddy Won Stade of
New York. who were at Baltimore for
the races. have returned to their home
at New York. Mr.. Won Stade will come
to Washington Monday to enter the
Officers Training School at Fort Myer.
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lI1TILESoR!E!s lI1TILE
%rBEDTInE
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.
Copyright, 1917. by T. W. Burgess)
A Bird Sanctuary.

God bless the tender hearts who seek
To make a refuge for the weak.
Evening star., 1917-05-12

BROWN. On Friday. May il. 1917, ROBERT
C., beloved husband of Elizabeth Brown and
father of Tucker C. Brown. IN the seventy
ninth year Of his age. Remains can lie seen
at the funeral parlprs Of z. 4. Taitavull. 4i3
eth street southwest
Notice OF funeral hereafter. IL
Evening star., 1917-05-12

Mr. Dunbar Burchell Adams of New
York will arrive at Washington today
to he the guest of Mrs. Archibald
Oracle and his fiancee. Miss Edith Tenn
ple Oracle, who will also entertain Miss
Marian Buckler of Baltimore and Mr.
+. Swift Newton of Philadelphia over
the week end.
Miss Oracle will give dinner tomor-
row night for her guests, and on Mon
day she will go to New York for visit
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-04
EDUCATION AND POLITICS

The governor of Texas has been relieved of his Of
zee for the ommission Of various offenses. Among the
aravest of these were his interference, for political pur-
ouch a thing is abominable. The schools of a state exist
ysor the purpose of training the youth of the state in good
citizenship. If they are perverted to other uses irrepar-
able damage is done.
Z The effect of blunders, and even of crimes commit
Fed against the material welfare of the people may, in a
measure, be repaird. At the most the result can be but
Hertain sums of money wasted, and, in a short time,
Hident will be forgotten. But when the agencies which
Exist for the training of the young are perverted to po-
Ethical uses, and the very thought of the rising generation
Es poisoned, damage is done which can never be repair
I'D, for human lives are spoiled, and character is twisted
INTO wrong directions, to retain the evidences of the
Enalign forces for all time.
I North Dakota has faced this danger for months.
Eain control of the state board of regents, and it has
been no secret that the purpose was to use the board for
Ehe purpose of promoting a political propaganda. After
Feveral futile efforts the appointees of the present gov
arnor constitute a majority Of the board. Having ac-
$epted positions on the board they become the sworn
servants of the state, and their duty is to the whole
ttate, and not to the individual who happened to appoint
aEall of then-the conduct of the business of their Off
In such a manner tlNt it will be evident that no thought
asf the political advantage Of any party, faction or per-
sfon is given consideration. The schools belong to the
atate. and the regents are the servants of all the people
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-04
BY Rev. Charles Sickle.


Many of us imagine the Old Tesla
ment prophets were long-whiskered
hermits who showed themselves to
the people only when they came from
their hiding places to present vague
and dismal prophecies of what was
going to happen to somebody in the
din and distant future.
Actually they were the reformers-
the statesmen and publicists of. their
times. They were usually optimistic
in outlook and vigorous in method
and feared neither man nor the devil,
nor yet the crooked kings they so fire.
quently and fearlessly denounced.
The prophets Of Israel were fighters
they stood for war. They led and
encouraged the people to resist their
enemies.
There was Deborah, for example
q prophecies and at the same time a
judge or ruler Of Isreal. It was she
who ordered her general in the name
of t God of Israeli to take 10000
soldiers and fight sisera with his
chariots and his m%ultitudes, and the
record tells us "all the host Of sisera
fell by the edge of the sword. There
was not a man left" -
Samuel, one of the earliest prophets
and perhaps the most influential of
his time, gave orders to the Israelitish
soldiers to fight the Philistines, and
while they were fighting. he ceaseless-
ly prayed for victory. After the VIC
tory Samuel set up a stone and called
it Ebenezer-"The Stone Of Help"
Elisha was another fighting
prophet. His activity was the turning
point in the fight against the Moa-
bites. 1t was on his deathbed that he
gave encouragement to Joash, king
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-04
SAVE FOOD, WIN THE WAR

I In normal times France and Great Britain are large
importers of food. Great Britain produced but about
10 per cent of the total food that her people consume.
hsFrance produced a larger percentage, but her produce
zion of the great staples is deficient. The needs of mil
sions of soldiers engaged in heavy duty for an abund-
Ance of nourishing food, and the wastage of war have
ssurtailed by the withdrawal of men from the work of
Xhe fields. The great stores of wheat in Russia are not
how available. The United States is the great storehouse
from which these importing nations must draw more
Aeaviy now than they have ever done in the future. Our
Allies need every pound Of food that We can send them,
And our own supply is short.
A The one way in which all America can help to win
Ahis war by helping to feed our associates in arms is to
eliminate waste in the use of food. The food admins
4ration has set apart the week beginning October 81 for
y special campaign to arouse interest in food conserva-
Zion. The purpose is a wise one, and there will be a
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-04
ADJUSTMENTS

"Pollyanna," a comedy of good
cheer by Catherine Chisholm Cush-
ing, based upon Mrs. Eleanor H. Por-
ter's tremendously popular stories Of
the glad-girl, will be brought for the
first time to the Metropolitan theater
on Saturday, Oct. 6, by Klaw and
Frlanger and George c. Tyler. Grown
ups who know life Inc how hard it is
for some folks to find Joy in it, are
the most loyal admirers of the orphan
optimist, one of the most fascinating
characters between book covers or
upon the stage. How she sweetens up
'soured natures and puts trouble to
flight by sheer force of magnetic ex-
ample, is all good comedy, with some
touches Of sentiment and romance, for
Pollyanna is not only seen in short
skirted checked bingham but, later in
the fluffy finery Of sweet seventeen, in
the futtering enjoyment of her first
love. Miss Helen Hayes, the youngest
leading lady on the American stage,
plays the leading part, that Of Polly
anna Whittier. George Alison, John
Webster, Fanchon Campbell, Agnes
Gildea, Adrian Morgan, Master Don
aid McLeland and others, are promi-
nent in her support. The "Pollyanna"
company is now on it's way to the
Pacific coast after having, within the
past w years, played every import
ant city in the eastern portion Of the
United States.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-04
OTHER TERMS THAN DOLLARS

To speak of the cost of the war in terms of dollars
conveys little to the average mind. The United States
is now preparing for the immediate expenditure Of some
twenty billion dollars for war purposes. with nobody
knows how many other billions in the future. But to
speak of billions is like speaking Of the size Of the uni
verse, the infnity of space or the duration of eternity.
The subject is too big for the mind Of man to grasp.
But it is possible, sometimes, to arrive at something
Of a conception of such things by considering them in
bulk, and by relating them to concrete things that come
within our experience or observation. What could be
done with twenty billion dollars?
With that sum fifty Panama canals could be built,
or one continuous canal Of like capacity and cost nearly
across the continent.
Twenty billions would provide flood protection for
the entire continent, from the great flood area of the
lower Mississippi to the low lands along a thousand in
significant creeks.
1t would harness water power that would turn every
wheel in every industrial plant in the country.
AT a cost Of $4,000 per mile it would build two
million miles of paved roads. ENOUGH to criss cross the
United States in both directions with paved highways
four miles apart.
1t would provide each state in the union with forty
million dollars.
If there are in the United States a million INDECENT
persons, it would give each Of those persons 81 900 a year
for twenty years.
1t would clean up slums, feed and clothe orphans,
equip hospitals, finance scientific research, and increase
home comforts on a scale hitherto undreamed of.
Has our acceptance of the fact of war deprived us
of all these things? Not at all. The war is wasting our
substance. it is true. But it is better that our billions
should be spent now in defense Of human rights than
that they should have been paid later on in tribute to
q conqueror whose iron heel would crush the world. 1t
is not a question Of whether we should have war or
peace. The war is not of our making. 1t was begun
by our adversaries, and it was begu-- by them with the
distinct purpose to make America pay for the war"
after those who are now Americas allies had been crush.
ed. And that purpose would assuredly have been
wrought out had we remained quiescent. Then our bill
enemies. 1t is better that they should be spent in de-
Tending ourselves.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-04
GERMANY AND SCIENCE
Some INTERESTING facts

Some interesting facts with reference to the achieve
ments of Germany in science and in the arts in which
science is directly applied were brought out at the recent
national gathering of chemists in New York. There has
grown up a tradition that science in Germany was on a
sort of magical plane, and that the Germans had reach.
ed a point in their understanding Of natural forces which
placed them away above the possible competition OF
other human beings.
Before the war the Germans were the great dye
manufacturers Of the world, and the belief Of avery
the superiority Of German intelligence. Germany made
dyes, so it was believed, because no other nation was com.
petent to perform the task.
The facts cited at the chemical meeting dissipate
all this. 1t was brought out very clearly that the Ger
mans had developed a high degree of efficiency in the
dye manufacture because it paid their small manufactur-
es to produce dyes in the small quantities which repre-
sented the output Of each factory, whereas the manu-
facturers of the United States, for instance, were engag-
ed In enterprises of so much greater magnitude that
they could better afford to buy than to make dyes.
The interference with the supply of dyes caused by
the war inconvenienced many Of our people, of course
but matters are being readjusted, and it has quickly
been shown that the Americans can on short notice, pro-
duce dyes az good as any that were made in Germany.
The economic conditions in Germany have been
small things, and to turn out small lots. That they did
SO efficiently is not to be denied. But German effective
ness has in this as in many other cases been the result
of economic conditions rather than of any superhuman
ability on the part Of the Germans themselves. The
Germans are a most Industrious and thorough-going
people. But they are no workers of miracles.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-04
PART OF THE PRICE

Editorial in the Chicago Herald.)
Perhaps the most illuminating arti-
Gle vet printed on industrial Germany
in war time appears this week in the
Saturday Evening Post, from the pen
Of A. Curtis Roth, former United
States vice consul at Plouen, Saxony.
MIR. Roth shows clearly the splendid
skill with which Germany has organ
lied her n absolutely necessary
business. the manufacture Of NUM-
tons. He shows as clearly the almost
complete destruction of the innumer-
able other businesses which Germany
has so carefully built up before the
! war.
OF metals. especially since the cap
ture OF Serbia, Germany has enough.
OF fuel, both coal and petroleum., she
has enough also. In makeshifts Of all
kinds, such az spruce pulp for absorb
ent cotton. she has been ingenious and
successful. But all her material, all
her ingenuity. ha. had to 20 into war
work. Her lace industries have fallen
or are falling to pieces. IL have
sometimes wondered" says Mr.. Roth,
ION my wartime journey through
Germany. whether the heartless de-
vastations of France have wrought
a greater loss to the republic than
those German losses that have result
ed from internal weakness and from
neglect"
Az materials have all been con-
scripted. SO has labor. The manual
laborers are in the war works; the
skilled artists lie under crosses be-
hind the battle fronts. Such manu-
features ~ those Of carpets. OF por-
celains, Of bronses, Of lace. Of dyes.
have not only almost ceased but have
lost their trained workers fireplace
ably. Tho job Of redeveloping these
industries will not be q matter OF
years only, but Of . generation. Tho
price that Germany has paid for her
place In the sum- II the whole cush-
Ion Of industry upon which she hoped
to sit enthroned.
What an outlook! A world suspic-
lious beyond conviction. except by the
most thoroughgoing repentance:
sovsrnment e bankrupt Of money q
Of honor; . system almost supreme,
wrecked almost to ruin and over the
horison, falling. falling. the lons
IshA6ow even Of mtlttAFy de6olA Il.
- the kaiser believes, God e On tie
Mde Of Germany. ths divine irony 3
Iundeniabfy f~erocaous.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-04

While the attorney generals probe
is getting under way, F. c. Oman,
chief witness against Tom Mooney, is
being tried on charges Of attempting
to suborn perjury in the bomb cases
in the same courtroom whence he
sent Mooney to face the gallows.
Letters he admits having written
to Edward Rigall constitute the prin-
cipal testimony against him.. On their
face they are extremely damaging to
the prosecution.
Oxman has admitted on the stand
that District Attorney Charles Flick
ert's, office knew of these letters ask
ing Rigall, who was not in San Fran
cisco at the time of the explosion, to
bolster Oxman's testimony.
The MONEYS have been identified
with a number Of industrial disputes
in the west as "agitators," and it Is
for their activity in these controver-
sizes that the brand of death was pre-
pared for them by powerful interests
%bolstering the prosecution, charge the
defense and labor leaders.
It is to sift these sinister charges
and to eliminate everything but the
facts in the case, to set American
courts right before the world; that
President Wilson interviewed.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-04
Old Prophets We're Fighters
We Need Today Men Out of the Bible to Interpret the Moral Principles
Of the War. y

of Israel, who came to see him re-
garding the army of, the Syriaps,
which was fighting him. Samuel
promised ( the discouraged king God
would give him victory.
Amos, the workingman prophet,
gave the people a wider outlook>upon
war. He pointed out that God some-
times used wars as a means to pun
ish those who oppressed the poor
those who sold the needy for a pair
of Shoes"
And the later prophets made war
a symbol of how God would finally
win against those nations and peo-
pies which disobeyed the laws Of JUS
tice and brotherhood. -
The DAY of the Lord" is associ-
ated with wars and rumors Of wars
in the teachings of these ancient
prophets. and out Of it all there is
finally to come the millennium of
peace.
But don't let's make the mistake
of supposing these earliest religious
leaders were -pacifists in the narrow
sense. They were vigorous opponents
of injustice of every kind, and they
encouraged the people to fight for
right and home and religious democ-
racy.
We need today in the church min
listers of the type of the prophets
men who know how to interpret the
signs of the times and who can with
authority proclaim the moral princi-
pies involved in the great war in
which u country is now engaged.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-04
. beginning the good work.

to wait sthree weeks before beginning the good work.
Let the work of saving be started at once.
There Is no suggestion. that Americans are to go on
short rations. unless they themselves force this by per-
sisting in wasteful habits. We are not required to go
hungry. But ii, by careful management, most OF the
good food that now goes into the garbage can is saved,
as it can be, to be used in wholesome, appetizing form,
the material for millions Of meals more than are now
available can be spared for our ~neighbors, and our neigh
bors will buy it and pay good prices for it. -
Much effort has been directed to the subject Of in
creased production, and very properly. That work can
be reinforced by a little attention on the part of the peo-
pie to the rational use Of that which has been produced.
much ofewhich it has been our practice to destroy with q
lavish hand.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-04
(By Jack Jungmeyer.)

(By Jack Jungmeyer.)
San Francisco, Cal, Oct. 4.-With
President Wilson's intervention, the
case of Ton and Rena Mooney has be-
come one Of the big international is
sues of the hour.
In Russia the Mooney case has
tended to discredit American justice
and democracy.
In this country it has played a big
part in hating Industries vital to our
war participation.
Among workingmen throughout the
nation 1t has increased the growing
cynicism toward courts.
It was to check these sinister and
far reaching influences and to insure
Justice in the internationally known
San Francisco bomb prosecutions that
President Wilson ordered a Special in
v%estigation by Attorney General Greg
DRY. d.
This action today assures an i'm
partial probe of the ugly charges of
frame-up and persecution that have
featured the bomb trials here from
the first.
Execution Of Tom Mooney, convict
ed by these protested methods Of par
~ticipation in the preparedness day
murders In 1915, is stayed. His wife,
Rena Mooney, recently acquitted of
the same charge on the same testi-
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-04
The Forgotten Vauandigham
[Ry J. Frank Davis of The Vigilantes)
Who was Clement L. Vallandig-

j. Frank Davis Of The vigtlantes)
u Who was Clement l.. vallandig-
ham? t.-
sN3ou cannot answer this question
fAtsleast, not more than one out of a
Thousand readers car.
MHYet Clement L.&Vallandigham was
Shuite a well known figure in America
his day. He is almost completely
now, which is as it should
ssPe. The good excuse for resurrecting
sShin1 in these words is to emphasize
g&he happy fact that we do not need
worry too much about the dubious
Royalty of a few of our national repre-
in congress.
III Vallandigham was a member of
yfongress from Ohio. There are men,
sbers OF congress today, not from Ohio,
Mhcse words and conduct entitle them
10 be called the Vallandigham Of this
war.
II Patriotic men are exasperated with
Them, fearful Of what effect their
more or less disguised disloyalty may
have on u participation in the civil
Azed worlds battle for democracy. In
What happened to Vallindigham, and
what has since happened to the mem
Dry Of Vallandigham, is some salve
FOR this evaporation; ZONE answer
70 these fears.
Vallandigham was a sympathizer
With, the Southern Confederacy. He
lid what he could to help the SOUTH
br1 cause. II he had done It in the
4 rn1ies of the south, or In the councils
~ the south, his aid would have. been
s41Oneat loyalty to q belief. But he did
tsin the union where it was disloy-
I'D was a shrew,d politician, as are
SIosle OF the German sympathizers OF
I hiSS dAve Ho <haA q rvrnp