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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-07-07

itself would be but a trivial incl
dent can look to but one unfail-
ing friend. Time, the adjuster Of
all things, may some day soften
the blow thy little hand hath dealt
me-"
From that on, thine, the ad-
juster of all things" became a sort
of catch-phrase in our family cir
Gle. If one of US seemed inclined
to lay too much emphasis upon a
point unimportant to another, the
mocking reply was sure to come:
"Oh, Time, the adjuster of all
things, will fix it." or. Don't be so
fussy; Time, the adjuster of all
things. will settle that"
Even now my tongue often in
stinctively frames itself to that
sonorous phrase of the patent med
icine man, when some tale Of
pressing exigency is poured into
my ears. or some problem is laid
before me to which there seems no
possible solution.
How many suicides would there
be, do you suppose, if. instead Of
hurrying to the convenient gas let
or caYbolic acid bottle, the person
who felt that he were about tn
be overwhelmed by "a sea Of
troubles" would decide to wait
for the actual inundation to oc-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-07-07
: USED to have a seamstress-

7 USED to have a seamstress-
a susceptible soul-who was
L always either finishing up an
old love affair or entering
upon a new one. The ancient ad-
monition, It's best to be off with
the old love before you are on with
the new" held no warnings for her.
She made me, and no doubt all of
her other employers, the confidant
of each new romance.
Almost every garment in my
wardrobe represented some excit-
ing phase Of a desperate Irritation.
Experience meant nothing in her
life, and blithely she hailed each
successive sutton as "the right man
at last"
was reminded of her and one of
her most picturesque entangle-
ments the other day by coming
across a piece of pink chambray.
That pink chambray was identified
with the episode of the patent med
icine fakir, one of those silk-hat-
ted, persuasive fellows who sell
their nostrums in the public
squares of country towns on sum-
mer evenings.
Mary had met the Doctor" as
she called him, at a boarding house
where he lived during one of his
seasons of the road. and had been
engaged by him to stitch some new
horse covers, gorgeous affairs of
scarlet and gold, for the four white
steeds which he drove to his high
buggy; and the acquaintance thus
prosaically begun had rapidly
ripened into love.
Whatever else he may have been,
the Doctor" was certainly an ac-
complished letter writer. | can still
recall Mary's rapt face as she
would sit, the folds of pink cham
bray slipping from her knees, her
nimble fingers halted, while she
would reel of the ford phrases
with which he filled a dozen or so
PAGES.
"If | could pluck a feather from
an angels wing. and dipping it in
the broad ocean as my ink-pot, try
to use the mighty universe as my
scroll, could not even then, Mary,
write my love for thee"
That was one of the excerpts
remember, and it, believe me, gives
only a weak and Intellectual idea of
what he could really do when he
tried.
Love-Maker's Bigh-Scunding
Phrase Becomes a
Byword.
But such subliminal love-making
was too rarefed for the dense at
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-07-07

for your stand on the question Of
suffrage in the District Of Columbia
| sincerely hope and pray that an or
gsnization will be formed for the pur-
pose Of acquainting the Senators and
Congressman and EACH AND EVERY
ONE OF THEIR CONSTITUENTS with
the GRAVE INJUSTICE which a
being done the residents OF the Dis
trict OF Columbia. believe that
FIFTY to SEVENTY-FIVE THOU
SAND men and women would ioIn
such an organization. IF THE PROP
Err PERSONS WERE TO START
IT. WIN. L. ROBINS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-07-07
Married Men and Bright Eyes

copynEht n.rnauona
little Irritation?
wife It. and work
Of won't her." Ell!
Too at
another would
Efe?
city think almost Impossible for
her. 70 flirting
will surprised
doing reach wife in the large cry
Tfes friend
Who will, be exaggerste the story.
sufficient
at
realize that you playing dangerous game.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-07-07

mosphere of this
earth; and be-
fore my frock
W a S finished
tickle Mary had
found another
first, ! a S t and
only love, a n d
the doctor" /
gathered, h a d
also found some
one to assuage
his grief.
1 eLs even 3d.
he could not re-
sist his talent
for extravagant
hyperbole, a n d
there was a note
of wistful regret
in Mary's voice
as she recited to
me his S W a n
song:
Through all
I h e unending
ages of eternity
a n d even be-
yond, ! shall love
thee, Mary. In
the bitterness of
ur parting-a
S e D a ration be-
side which death
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-07-07
Letters from the People
er is sufficient.

APPROVES HOME RULE PLAN.
To the Editor Of THE TINES:
I am sure that 95 per cent OF the
people OF Washington will appreciate
and applaud your splendid editorial
on Home Rule for the District. can
not find words to express how pleased
am that you intend to keep this
question before Congress.
p T. MORAN,
Past President of the Chamber Of
Commerce
GRAVE INJUSTICE TO DISTRICT.
To the Editor Of THE TINES:
You have my everlasting gratitude
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cur? Somehow,
for those who do
wait, the devas-
tating sweep of
that threatened
t i d a | wave
never does come.
Time, the ad-
juster of all
things, manages
to throw up a
dixie here and
extend a break
water there, so
that the force of
the catastrophe
is broken. One
never is quite
submerged. Our
apprehension is
always W o r S e
than the reality.
Really, if peo-
pie would only
put more faith
in Time, the ad-
juster, and rely
more definitely
upon him, the
crimes commit
IL -. - klA1I
would be elimi-
mated.
How excellent
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-07-07

those who thirst for blood, and
this would serve as a deterrent.
And even though an occasional i'm
postor did get by, just think how
many perfectly gorgeous vacations
could be provided for the cost of
one Thaw or Becker case!
It's only a step from fantasy to
fact, and the fact remains that
Time and Change are the two I'M
rivalled and infallible erasers of
old scores.
We speak of "undying grudges"
and of Elves given over to a deep
and bitter purpose of revenge"
but they exist chiefly in fiction and
the drama. Every human resent
ment, no matter how poignant and
baneful, will soften and disappear
with a complete change of environ
ment and associations.
Time hath, my lord, a wallet at
his back in which he bears aims
for oblivion"
ForgetfulneSs and New Under
standing Heal All
Hurts.
He is the great adjuster, gradu-
ally settling all the scores which
anger and envy hold-this one with
forgetfulness, that one with indif-
ference. another with a new COM
prehension of the whole situation.
Think back over all the differ
ences and disagreements and
quarrels and dissensions in which
you have ever been involved.
How many of them really mean
anything to you now? You may
maintain that they still count, but
if you are honest with yourself
you know that thew are really no
more to you than the playground
squabbles of your school days.
You NAV have vowed to yourself
that never, never, never would you
forgive or forget the way you were
misrepresented or injured, and
that you would get even if it took
you a thousand years. But if your
enemy is not present as an irri-
tating factor in your life the
chances are that. should it re-
quire any special eXertion on your
part, you wouldn't bother to get
even if the opportunity presented
itself.
There are exceptional cases and
exceptional natures. of course, but
the AVERAGE man or woman is too
busy in this changin~ world. with
its fresh impressions and fresh
duties and fresh conditions, to
have any time to give to dead
issues. '---. -..-.
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Mrs. Wilson WOOdrOw's Article on Cline"

Aus Of AN Things May Soften the Blow Wrote the Tilted Patent
Settles All Which and Hold.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-23
GERMANS FIRE
ON RED CROSS 5
HOSPITAL CORPS
Nurses Killed Had Just Finished
Binding Up Wounds of
Teuton Prisoners
INSIGNIA OF SOCIETY
VISIBLE TO AVIATORS

On the French Front, Aug. 23.-The
incendiary bombs which were dropped
by two German aviators on hospitals
behind Verdun on Sunday killed 10
wounded men, one woman nurse and
19 trained male nurses. They wound
ed Al male nurses and inflicted further
injuries on patients suffering from
wounds received in battle, many Of
whom rushed out naked to nearby
fields to find shelter.
Meanwhile the German aviators cir
cled about in the air for half an hour
firing their machine guns at hospital
,Orderlies who were endeavOring to ex-
tinguish the flames. The nurses had
just finished bandaging 1870 wounded
German soldiers who had been
brought direct from the battlefield and
had gone to bed when the bombs were
dropped from, a height of only 300
yards. The Red Cross signs were
painted prominently on the roof, and
the Germans knew of the hospital,
which had been in existence for more
than a year.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-23
France Probably
Will Not Reply to
Pope Separately

Paris, Aug. 23-France probably
will not answer the popes peace note
individually, since it has not a repre-
sentative at the vatican, but Great
Britain no doubt will return a collec-
tive reply in the name of the allies.
The French governments views there
fore are unobtainable unotficially.
An important figure in the political
life of France, whose specially is for
eign policy, said to the Associated
Press today that while the humani-
tartan character of the pope's step
was inc0ntestable. ne had, in ignoring
the Balkan question, passed over the
most formidable problem with which
the peace negotiations will have to
deal. This question, it was stated, in
volved mass of contradictory inter-
ests, and irrecOncilable rights of all
nations the history has spread about
the Balkan peninsula.
Regarding the Belgian question, it
is stated, it was impossible to recon
cile the independence of which the
pope spoke with the regime of servi-
tude prescribed by the Germans.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-23
FOUR FARCOAKS
IN GOLF FINALS
ROUNDS TO-DAY

Dickinson, N. d., Aug. 23.-The qua.
litication and one elimination match
were played yesterday in the North
Dakota State Golf tournament. The
score was large, owing to the near
hurricane which blew all day. The
feature Of yesterdays playing was a
drive of 800 yards, made by hostel.
ecky of Dickinson with mashie.
Those who remain in the contest for
the state championship are: hostel.
ecky, Hall, Mandig, Crawford, Hunter,
Roquette and Berry Of Dickinson;
Briston, Stranahan, Sheldon and Nc
Nair, Fargo; Mcdonald, Finch and
Kennedy, Grand Forks; Hintgen of
Mandan and Thomas of Kenmare.
The third match play round will be
played today, also the qualification
match for ladies.
Mcdonald and Lovejoy of Grand
Forks were forced to play 19 holes to-
day to decide supremacy.
Consolation matches will start to-
day between those eliminated for state
championship honors. Kostelecky and
Mandig of Dickinson are predicted as
strong contenders for the state cham
pionship with the odds in favor of the
former.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-23
SENATE TRYING TO
FIX WAR TAX LOAD

Washington, D. c., Aug. 23.-Making
war profits and millionaire incomes
pay the greatest part of the war cost
engrossed the senate today in its con-
sideration of the war tax bill AL
though yesterdays amendment re-
stored the house amendment for high
er rates for income taxation and ran
the tax on millionaires up to C7 per
cent, Senator LaFollettes proposals
for still higher rates came up today
with many senators supporting them.
ut is pretty late for the gentlemen
who agreed to the report of the fl
nance committee to jump upon the
people of the country and pose as
defenders Of the people having small
and moderate incomes" Senator La.
Toilette said Takes which the COM
mittee propose to levy on coffee and
tea and sugar, passenger and freight
rates, transportation of second class
mail and parcel post, totaled $4O6,350,.
000," the senator said. He added that
if his amendment were accepted all
those taxes would be eliminated.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-23
MEET BARNES, UNCLE SANS GRAIN
BOSS! HE'S BIG ENOUGH FOR JOB

Washington, D. c., Aug. 23.-Julius
H. Barnes of Duluth, selected by Pres
ident Wilson to head the $5O,000,00(
grain corporation organized under The
food administration, looks big enough
for the job.
He Is tall, .broad-shouldered, ath
J letic, and after watching him in action
few minutes, listening to his orders
seeing the dispatch with which he
| handles big problems as well as little
| and his keen understanding, one gains
the impression that he is fitted ment
ally, temperamentally and by training
no less than physically.
Barnes has grown up in the grain
trade. He developed his own con
| cern-Barnes-Ames Co., of Duluth
| Winnipeg and New York-until it was
| the largest wheat exporting firm in
| the world.
Following the declaration of war
| however, his firm withdrew from bus
mess for the period of the war and
Barnes volunteered his services to the
government He was placed in an ad
visory position with Hoover in the
food administration, pending passage
of the food control bill, and is now at
the head of the corporation upon
| which the real work OF stabiliZing
prices and distribution of wheat and
flour will rest.
Next to business, Barnes chief in
terest is in good sports. In 1895 he
was No. / stroke in the Duluth four.
cared crew which won the cup at the
regatta of the Winnipeg Rowing asso-
citation. One mark of his interest In
this sport is his gift of a fine boat
club house to Duluth. Last year he
promised the club then having 1900
members, that if it came through the
regatta to be held that fall without a
deficit he would give the club nata-
tOrium. The club made good and
Barnes has just turned over to 1t a
great natatorium costing $4,000.
One hundred grain traders were at
meeting in Washington q few days
ago at which Earnes' plans were re-
vealed. All dealing in futures was to
be eliminated. A large number of
grain men were to be put out of busi-
ness and the dealings of others great
ly narrowed.
Nevertheless the plan was unani-
mously endorsed, although many deal
ers would suffer.
Before any man may become a
part of the food administration, he
must divest himself of any interest in
the grain or food business and must
serve without nav, Barnes in picking
his assistants, the men who will have
charge of buying grain at terminals,
for instance, simply decided on the
men he would like to have, tapped
them on the shoulder and asked them
to volunteer.
Without exception these men gave
up their businesses and stepped into
the ranks to serve with Barnes. He
had their confidence, their trust.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-23
$4,000 ARE
WITHOUT HOMES:
MILLIONS LOST
Details of Saloniki Fire Show
That Damage Was Of Great
Extent
WHOLE SEA FRONT SWEPT
CLEAN or ANCIENT PILES

London, Aug. 23.-The first detailed
account Of the disastrous fires at Sa
loniki last Sunday is contained in a
Reuters dispatch from that city, which
says 10000 persons are homeless and
that property losses are enormous In.
surance companies are interested to
the extent Of two million pounds to
three. million pounds.
The scarcity of water made 1t al
most impossible to subdue the flames
Refugees are camping on the outskirts
of the town. The destitute are being
cared for by the entente military au.
thorities, the British having 10000 in
their charge. Food and fresh water
are scarce. Y rstys4s.s
The whole seafront sfrom the Gus
toms house to the famous white tower,
including the famous Church of St.
Dimitri and several other churches
and mosques, were destroyed. Three
enemy aeroplanes flew over the city
and dropped bombs while the fire was
burning.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-23
10WNlEY WON'T SPONSOR
VAN LEAR MEETING

Minneapolis, Mimi, Aug. pa. c.
Townley, president of the National
Nonpartisan league, stated that the
meeting at Lester Prairie Friday eve
ming advertised as "Nonpartisan
league meeting" at which Mayor Van
Lear of Minneapolis is to make an
address, had not been authorized by
the St. Paul headquarters.
I'VE don't know of any such meet
ing" he said "It is possible that
someone has advertised it as league
meeting, but if so, it has been done
without authority. NO league meet
ings are supposed to be held without
permission from the office, and our
speakers are instructed not to dis
cuss the war"
Although advertised as patriotic
meeting, evidently the same propa-
ganda advocated by Mr.. Van Lear at
the recent Glencoe meeting will be
preached, it is reported.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-23
Power Boat Regatta
Starts at Mill CITY

Minnapolis, Mimi, Aug. 2S.-New
speed records were expected to be
established at the annual regatta OF
the American Power Boat association
which opened here late today with
hundreds of motor boat enthusiasts
present from various parts of the
country. The regatta will continue to-
morrow, Saturday and Monday.
The series of three races of 80 miles
each will be run for the Association
challenge cup, known as the "gold
cup"
Miss Minneapolis, winner of the cup
last year, and holder of the world s
record of $3.50 miles an hour, again
is Il favorite this year. A new alum.
inum engine, lighter, but more pow.
erful than the one used last year, has
been installed.
Money raised by the regatta will be
used in equipping the Dunwoody aerial
coast patrol, which is being organized
here.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-23
BY Associated Press.)

ltaly's great effort on the Isonzo
front IS meeting with continued suc-
cess, Rome reports officially and her
troops are proceeding toward realiza-
tion of their objectives. Further
Sround has been gained, both on the
Aorthern and southern wings. Austri-
an counter attacks of great severity
are being repulsed.
The Austrian losses in the first two
days OF the battle are computed un-
of1lclally in Italy at 10000 Fighting
on the Verdun front is dying down.
The French Objectives north of Yer
dun apparently have been attained,
and except for the capture by the
French Of small fortified position.
no infantry action in this sector is
reported. The number of prisoners
has reached 1853.
The Germans continued their at
tacks on the Aisne front last night.
but met with no better fortune than
heretofore: Several assaults near
Lauffaux Mill, Allies and Cerny were
repulsed
The German government has &C.
knoWledged at the vatican the receipt
OF the papal peace note, promising to
examine 1t carefully
The Germans are continuing sue
cessfully the new offensive on the
extreme northern end Of the Russian
front. Berlin gives few details of this
fighting and it is not yet clear wheth-
er they have committed themselves
to sustained offensive in the north.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-23
WHO
ATE VICTIM
FREED BY JURY
Unprecedented Story Of Twen
tieth Century Cannibalism
Is Revealed at Trial
AUTHORITIES HAD LONG
CHASE TO CAPTURE MEN
BY r. F. BURkHART.

Edmonton, Alberta, Aug. 23.-The
Eskimo 'Sinnisiak lives free man by
the courts decree, after killing and
eating fellow human being.
His acquittal here on the charge of
numbering Father Rouviere, after he
and his fellow Eskimo Uluksuk had
confessed Staying the two priests rou.
Were and LerouX and devouring their
bodies as food, is the sequel to an
unprecedented story of twentieth cen.
tury cannibalism, followed by three.
year, 6,0OO-mile chase by Canadian
mounted police through the Arctic
SHOWS to land their men in Jail.
The story's first scene is at Bloody
Falls in the far Canadian Arctic, in
the winter of 1913. 1t shows the two
Catholic missionaries, armed against
the beasts and perils of the northern
wilds, slain by the Eskimos apparently
because the natives thought the guns
were meant for them, and acted in
self-defense. At least that plea of JUS
tifiable homicide through fear, won
Sinnisiak his acquittal.
Food is scarce there, at Bloody
Falls and to the barren north,
where snow buries the land 10
months each year, and this first
scene revoIts the reader Of more
civilized sections by showing the
two Eskimos stripping the priestly
robes from their victims, dismem-
bering the bodies with their sharp
knives, and roasting the human
flesh as God-sent dainty to pre-
serve life.
Successive scenes portraying hero
ism as striking as the barbarism of
the first grewsome canvas, depict the
receipt months afterward of the news
of the murder and the start of the
mounted police on a search that was
like hunting a needle in glacier.
Witness the departure of Inspector
Lanouze with Constable Lamont and
others, from Regina, away from the
last outposts of real human warmth
with three years supply Of provisions.
Follows long and heartbreaking
chase down Peace river, through Lake
Athabasca, down Slave river, past
Fort Norman, up Swift Bear river to
Bear lake, the mounted police in the
ice-cold water up to their necks bat
tling four days to drag their boat a
mile upstream
There is great storm during the
passage of Bear lake, with CHASTITY sea-
sickness added to the cold; renewed
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