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The Washington times., 1917-02-26
LLOYD-GEORGE AND THE SUBJ
- MARINES

Of course, there is a certain ele-
ment Of deception in Mr.. Lloyd
Georges dismal summing up of the
conditions produced by U-boat fright
fulness. The opportunity is too good
70 spur on the English and to mis-
lead the Germans for so astute a
politician to miss it. There is no
, doubt a modicum of truth in what
Mr.. Lloyd-George says, but the tone
of exaggerated solicitude hardly ac-
cords with the known facts or the
hopes recently expressed by Sir Ed
ward Carson that the U-boats would
soon. be curbed.
Evidently the premier's chief aim
is to arouse Britain to supreme sacri-
fees for the purpose of COMPRISING
a speedy end to the war. More serv-
ice and less waste are his immediate
aim; the present rather wholesale
ship sinking gives him the strongest
ground for an urgent plea and he
makes the most of it. At the same
time, by exciting a momentary con-
1dence among the Germans, he may
think he is preparing a crushing dis
eouragement in the near future when
the emptiness of result of their su-
preme effort becomes unmistakable.
=. We do not believe Mr.. Lloyd
George is half so blue as he pretends
to be.
The Washington times., 1917-02-26
THE RETIRING SENATORS

When the Senate convened in De-
cember there were three new faces in
that body, Fenald succeeding Bur-
leigh of Maine; Kirby, Clarke of
Arkansas, and Watson, Shively of
Indiana, three vacancies caused by
death, the last temporarily filled by
Tom Taggart. When the Senate
meets in extra session on March 5,
fifteen familiar faces will be missed,
constituting quite a large casualty
list out of the class of thirty-.wo
whose terms expire then.
Four Republicans will be succeeded
by Democrats and six Democrats by
Republicans. The Democrats will
have a majority of ten, instead of
fourteen as at present.
Bryan of Florida has been an
honest, Woodworking Senator and as
a member of the Appropriations
Committee has borne much of the
unpopular burden of opposing vari-
GUS and sundry raids upon the Treas
ury. He was trained in an old-fash-
ioned school of political doctrine by
John Randolph Tucker, at Washing
ton and Lee University, and has
sometimes failed to appreciate the
changing conditions that make new
application of old principles impera-
tive.
Catron of New Mexico came to the
Senate with the reputation of being
a great iegalIlight. His career has
been disappointing and his contribu-
tions to the Senate debates have
been of no Importance. Strangely
enough, this Republican Senator is
an Confederate soldier.
Chiffon of West Virginia has
grown in the appreciation of his COL
leagues during his single term. He
has taken an especial interest in the
affairs of the District, and has been
a useful Senator.
Clapp of Minnesota has served
nearly three terms and has become
one of the notable figures of the Sen
ate. He was one Of the original Pro-
The Washington times., 1917-02-26
LIMIT TAX APPEAL TIME.

Owners of personal property have
two weeks in which to enter an ap-
peal from personal tax assessments.
The appeal period, it was announced
today by the board of personal tax
appeals, will end on March IL. The
board convened on February 8, and
has heard from 125 to $50 appeals a
day. Approximately $4,000 notices OF
personal tax assessments were sent
out, exceeding those of the previous
year by LOO.
The Washington times., 1917-02-26
TO PROBE DEP0RTATI0NS
Twelve Irlshmen, Arrested Recent
Iy, Removed to England.

LONDON. Feb. 26.-Twelve men ar.
rested under the defense of the realm
act Wednesday in various parts of
Ireland were conveyed by military
escort to Kingston, where they were
put aboard the Holyhead mail boat
for conveyance to England.
John Dillon, Nationalist NJ. p, has
given notice he will ask the chief
secretary for Ireland tomorrow IL he
will state the groupds on which these
and the thirty-elght others arrested
Thursday were apprehended and
whether. It Is purposed to put them on
trial, and II not. why not.
The Washington times., 1917-02-26
Poesy.

fOeSys
Her servants watch when Poesy d.
vine
Brings to the banquet some new pal
ace guest,
AS men who watch, the sun gone
down In the West,
In his bright path a glorious planet
shine.
Happy are they who share her bread
and wine:
Happy are they who in her livery
dressed
Contend in song, till one among the
rest
She makes immortal with her royal
sign.
Brothers, who would be poets, is the
strife
We follow vain? Whoever wins the
prize
We have not less than other men but
more.
Yet scorning me, cannot on my life
See why she favors with her starry
eyes
The proy gentleman next door!
George Morris Strout.
The Washington times., 1917-02-26
THOMAS W. GILMER-
Temperance Advocate Protests
Against Prohibition for District
without Referendum.

without Referendum.
To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
There has been a great deal said and
written about the proposed prohibition
law which is now. pending before Con-
gress. II the citizens Of the District are
allowed a vote on the question and the
drys win. well and good, then We are
assured that the Congress Of the United
States means to give the people Of the
District a square deal
But on the other hand II such legisla-
ton is enacted radical and arbitrary in
its scope. affecting such a large number
of people and property owners, and
denying to US the legitimate right OF in
dividual liberty, Congress Is forcing
upon the people Of the District laws
which we do not want and which we
have no voice in the making OF.
Caused Revolution,
1t was the same arbitrary laws that
England forced upon the colonists
previous to 1776 as history tells US. that
caused the colonists to rebel against
those laws and declare themselves free
people.
England by her arbltary laws made a
republic out OF what is now the United
States. II she had never forced those
laws against the will of the colonists,
they probably never would have rebelled-
Some of those prohibition leaders in
Congress criticise the acts OF England
at the time. when they are handing out
that same measure Of rank injustice to
the people OF the District of Columbia
want 1t clearly understood that 1 am
not a drinking man and never was.
or In Of OF
intemperance, of morals as against vice.
but here as a property owner l shall
enter most solemn protest against the
Sheppard-Barkley bill, and 1 state that
no matter how many laws Congress
may enact, II can never legislate a man
from not drinking, because liquors will
be distilled as long as the grain grows.
and the enforcement Of the so-called
prohibition laws In the States Is a delu-
sion and a farce.
Worst Feature.
Now the worst feature OF 1t is that the
leaders In the prohibition movement are
those whose stomachs are worn out from
the use OF King John Barleycorn, and
then they want to stop everybody else
from using it. What a state of
hypocrisy among the allied group.
1t Is to be hoped that the referendum
will be granted. and the District given
a representative in the House and Senate
to voice the needs of the people of the
District. 1t is also to be hoped there
will be an equal franchise to the men
and women In the District of Columbia. \
tn vote on all Presidential elections, and
everything OF Importance to the in
terests OF the people.
An overwhelming majority OF repre-
sentative bodies and citizens are alb
solutely in favor OF these projects.
Justice is all we want. and laws that
we will have some voice in the making
OF. J. E DARE
Washington, Feb. 25
The Washington times., 1917-02-26
THE DEMANDS ARE MADE INTO
SYNTHETIC CHEESE

Sir: What, think you, becomes of
all the SHARP Demands" on Germany
that Woody and Robbie spend so
much time in preparing, according to
the dIsseminators of useless informa-
ton? And how deeply is the Presi-
dent stirred when he is deeply stir
red"? Get your gang busy with their
atomic micrometers. Joe Bush.
The Washington times., 1917-02-26
CHARLES FALLANseEE DEAD.

Funeral services for Charles Fal-
lansbee, siXty-five years old and a
lifelong resident of Washington, who
is dead at his late residence, 61S II
street northeast, will be held at the
residence tomorrow at . o'clock. The
Rev. Cornelius S. Abbott will officiate.
Interment will be In Glenwood Ceme-
terry. ,
The Washington times., 1917-02-26

The Capitol with its center OF
cleaning white and the two wings a
rusty gray, looks as If II had been
painted to the order Of the Kaiser.
The Washington times., 1917-02-26

The 1900 Tammany men who are
coming to the Inauguration will give
the touch of tragedy to the interest.
ing occasion.
The Washington times., 1917-02-26
.WOrIdIy wIse.-


Little Billy's birthday came along
once every year;
Each twelvemonth found him Just
a little wiser.
The questions that he asked his folks
were those you always hear
When youngsters set to work their
query-geyser.
To-day you are Just five years old"
said mother to her son.
"Five years ago this day I found
you, dear,
Among the roses in the yard, You
were the only one
That nodded to me. That is why
you're here"
At this point Billy's Pa appeared. He
kissed the little tot.
my boy" said he, "it seems but
yesterday
That DR.. Smith brought you to us.
He found you in a lot
Some gypsies left you there wrap
ped up in hay"
Now, Billy went to Grandma's with
his folks that afternoon.
And much to his dismay and won-
der, too,
He learned that he was brought there
In the arms of a baboon.
When he wasn't any bigger than
a shoe.
"Oh, pshaw" said Billy to himself
YOU'D think I was a Ounce
The way they try to hand me all
that bunk.
Now, let me see-yes. Johnny Jones
IL was-he told me once
That kids are bought in stores like
other junk"
-Justus F. Ross.
Yes. Mr.. Wilson has quite a literary
style and a very good vocabulary-but
he likes the passive verbs too well.
Policeman captures two cheese bur-
glars.-Hed eddline.
A rareblt OF news.
The Washington times., 1917-02-26

Great Britain may soon have to or
ganize an American relief assocIa-
tion with Mr.. Hoover in charge.
The Washington times., 1917-02-26

Barberi Barber! t0hdt q reservoir Of
lung!
Barber! Barber! strop yoar razor on
your tOn0uei
DON MARQUIS.
The Washington times., 1917-02-26

Paciftsts who are standing behind
the President are requested not to
stab him in the back
The Washington times., 1917-02-26

Later we perceive that the thing
he is standing firm about is not his
original pronouncement, but some in
depreciation of some definition of
American rights bearing on some hy-
pothetical case not connected with the
actual situation which called forth
the original statement that he would
omit nothing in standing up for Amer
lean rights.
The Washington times., 1917-02-26

And yet, in spite OF his tortuous
methods, people have arrived at an
understanding of exactly what he walI
do in a crisis, II you get what we
mean.
The Washington times., 1917-02-26

Appetite for pork is strictly non-partI-
san.-Portldnd Ore0onidn.
An ideal attained at I4stl
The Washington times., 1917-02-26

A little later dispatches from Wash
ington indicate that there is consider
able discussion in Administration cir
cles as to just what American rights
are
The Washington times., 1917-02-26
LETTERS FROM READERS
Comment on Current Topics In Com
munleatlons to The Times.
BONE-DRY,

Harki from the tomb q doleful sound.
John Barleycorn Is going down;
Both rich and poor alilse will cry:
"Bone-dry, bone-dry. bone-dry. bone
dry"
At a banquet table H2 o
VIII keep our blood and brains Just so,
Legation folk and common fry.
"Bone-dry, bone-dry. bone-dry, bone
dry"
THOMAS W. GILMER
The Washington times., 1917-02-26

Then, pretty soon, we hear that Mr..
Wilson Is standing firm.
The Washington times., 1917-02-26

Word goes forth every now and
then that Mr.. Wilson will omit moth
ing in standing up for American
rights.
The Washington times., 1917-02-26
Don Marquis
Column

The Pacinst.
Said the Pacifist: He only killed my
brother,
And resistance isn't right1
Said the Pacifst: He only kicked my
mother,
And it's very wrong to fight!"
Said the Pacihst: He only bombed q
baby.
So I'll pray for him tonight"
Said the Pacifist: The foernan loves
Could We read his heart aright!"
had some HttIs Dieces that pers cut
in messy pieces in a somctohIt
painful fushion,
But said unto the foepldn, as vdIidnt
= As a Roman, "YoH cannot make
me fly into a naughty passion"
A Wilkesbarre woman paid a fine
with potatoes and gave a ton OF coal
as bail in court the other day. Beans
are coming in as necklaces, we under
stand.
Here is a contributors idea Of the
way a certain well known song should
be revived in view of certain cur
rent events:
Oh. Columbia, the joke of the ocean,
The home of the crook who is free.
The shrine of each porker's devotion,
A world smokers loudly at thee!
Thy banners make traitors assemble,
And liberty's form hide from view,
Thy mandates make nobody tremble,
They're borne by the red, white and
blue!
The Washington times., 1917-02-26

Yes. Mr.. Wilson has quite a literary
style and very good vocabulary-but
he likes the passive verbs too well.
The Washington times., 1917-02-26

Policeman captures two cheese bur-
glars.-Hed eddline.
A rarebit OF news.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-02
DO YOUR XMAS
SHOPPING EARLY.
SAYS RED CROSS

do your Christmas giving early
IL the slogan of Red Cross workers in
this city who already are busy assem-
bling and packing Christmas gifts for
cur soldiers and sailors. The work
has just been started, and in order
that it may not have to stop for lacK
of suitable gifts the chapter is ap-
pealing for funds with which to pur-
chase them, or for direct contribu-
lions of articles such as are ,icscrib-
ed in a pamphlet prepared by the
Red Cross. 1t has been decided by
the national headquarters OF the Red
Cross not to use the war fund to pro-
vide Christmas packages, cut to raise
special funds for that purpose.
The gifts are to go forward to
American soldiers and sailors over
seas and those in environments or
aboard ship here in neat packets con-
tanned in khaki handkerckiefs and
tied with red ribbon. Women, wheth-
Ell or not they are members of the
Red Cross, are asked by the Fair
field chapter to give volunteer help
in preparing the packages.
Although Christmas. is approxi-
mate1y two months off, the Fairfield
chapter will need every minute of the
interval to get it's Christnaas packets
in readiness. The packages will have
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-02
SAY DECORATIONS OF CREEKS BY
TURKS WAS ADVISED BY GERMANS
Many thousands Killed By Exposure Or Starvation In
Trek to Asia Minor PointsLOther Thousands Made
Domestic Slaves Or Concubines of Turkish Peasantrv

Athens, Greece. Nov. Greek au-
fhorities have received Information
which convinces them that not alone
the Turk, but his German advisers
were responsible for deportations OF
Greeks from Turkish dominions, as u
consequences of which 100000 have
se9sred persecution OF death.
n In asserted that the Greek Ie-
CATION at Constantinople protested to
the then King Constantine of Greece
from the beginning OF the deporta-
tious, but received no assistance or
encouragement from him. The Iega-
ton then lodged a protest with Talaat
Bey. Turkish grand vizier.
His reply, as shown by official pa
pers. was that these measures are
taken by advice Of our German advis-
ers. The Greek legation then took
un the subject with the German gen.
era1. Lman Won Sanders, who IL
said to have replied that the presence
ofxGrsek communities within the OF
topan empire was dangerous to mill
tary operations, and that he was sonly
sxeoqf1ns the ordsrs o< the German
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-02
general staff"

general staff"
An account of the persecution of
the Greeks, which has been given to
the Associated Press, says:
The method of depopu1ation adopt
ed has been very similar to that with
regard to the Armenian races. During
the night, armed irregular troops of
the Turkish army would form a cor
don around the doomed district. The
inhabitants would be awakened by
means of bells and ordered to evacu-
ate the villagein ten minutes for mil
itary reasons.
No extension Of time was allow
ed, one object being that the victims
should not be able to take anything
with them, either food or goods. In
the event u delay, the troops drove
forth the terrified people at the point
OF the bayonet.
The moment that the people had
gone, hordes of bandits and irregular
soIdiery poured into the empty vii
lagos and looted and burned the
houses IN a frenzy OF destruction,
while the inhabttants. old mon, wom-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-02
w lillian p. Kirk

en- and children as well as the able
bodied, were on the march
Soon after the march began. the
process of determination began to be
put into effect. Men were separated
from their women and children, and
parties were made up for a trek to
various places, usually in far-distAnl
parts OF Asia Minor. Needless to saw.
few of these parties ever reached their
destination, being gradually killed off
Dy exposure or starvation
Thousands died in barren desert
lands. Without food and drink, and
poorly clad. speedy death at the
hands Of the soldiers would have been
welcomed by nanv. The soldiers,
however. seldom attempted direct
Killings at this stage. except of refu-
gees who attempted escape, the SOL
o1ery generally being content to let
hunger and thirst and exposure do the
work of determination for them. !.
The lot Of the women and children
was the usual one. which has been de-
scribed many times in accounts of the
Armenian deportations Being de-
fenseless. they fell a prey to the first
passerby.
Any Turk along the way who fan
c1ed a child or a young woman merely
took possession, and thousands Of
young Greeks are now informed in
Mussulman villages, forcibly convert
ed to Islam and forced to live as SER
wants or concubines of the Turkish
peasantry
In the neighborhood of Constants
nople many Of the deportees managed
to return and appeared in the streets
OF the capital, starving, begging and
sleeping in the back streets and alleys.
To abate this scandal the Turkish
government had the police collect
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-02
Hon. Lynn w. Wilson,
Candidate for Congress.
Vim. P. Kirk,
Candidate for Mayor.

to be shipped as fast as they are
made for it has been announced that
at least a supply of 100000 must be
in the Red Cross warehouse In New
York by Nov. 1, in order to get gifts
on time to our soldiers and sailors
abroad.
The national headquarters of the
Red Cross plans to provide a Christ
mas package for every man in SER
vice. 1t has allotted 225,0O0 packages
to the Atlantic division, and of this
amount the Fairfield chapter has
been assigned It's as its quota.
The chapter regards the task OF
providing Christmas cheer for our
soldiers as a patriotic service, In
which every one should be interested
1t is appealing to the entire commun-
ity to help in this undertaking.
The Christmas packages will coz
tain varied assortment of articles,
including pocket knives, neckties
mouth organs, games, mechani al
one which is bound the prove popu-
lar with the soldiers. It is called
'Katch the Kaiser
'eFhe Red Cross will do all it can
to provide a happy Christmas for the
men at the environments and army
posts and for the American fighting
men now abroad said DR.. Child
chairman Of the chapter.
LIT will play Santa Claus on a very
large scale. Christmas trees will be
erected in every cantonment and army
post in the country. Arrangements
have been made for various kinds OF
entertainment including motion pic
lures. choral singing. and pageants
"Red Cross representatives station
ID at the environments will supervise
the distrtbution of the. Christmas
'DaNkats and rers6naily see to It thai
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-02

hundreds of these wretched persons
and concentrate them at Pancaldr.
where their fate is not yet known"
1t Is asserted that, as result of
these deportations. all Greek com
mlln1ties have been eliminated in the
sThracian regions of Demotia, Sufi
lstranja and Ereg1i, from the coast OF
the Sea of Marmora, from the PEN
insula of Artak1, from all the villages
along the Bosphorus and from the
coast Of the Black Sea-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-02
MARRIED


LODGE-HANILTO = In Thomas
ton, Oct. rs, Miss Margaret Han1i1-
ton and James Lodge.
COX-AILEN-In New Milford, Oct.
"a, John K Cox and Miss Sarah E.
Allen.
wooD-BEYER-In Stamford. Oct.
! j &c, Chester Wood and Miss Ida
Boyer.
DILONE-BENNETT = In Thomas
ton. Oct. 27, Joseph R. Dilone OF
Hartford and Miss Marietta Ben
nett.
SMITH UILOCK-In Pawtucket,
r. l., Harry M. Smith of New Hart
ford and Miss, Mary E. Bullock
BENNETT -JOHNSON-In Branch
vile, Oct. %, Reginald Bennett of
New Preston and Miss Betty L.
johnson.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-02
BREAKS RIBS

Edward Boucher of PAT Sheridan
street. IS years old, was treated at
the emergency hospital today for two
broken ribs received when he was
struck by an automobile at Penn
broke street and Barnum avenue this
morning.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-02
sLAcKERs TAKEN 70 CAMP

Sergeant John A. Lyddy and Police
man John Moran left shortly after
midnight with four slackers for Camp
Devens. Mass. The men taken are
Agop Agopian. Manverse Tibi1ia, ABB
raham Sawaya and James Forbes.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-02

not one soldier is overlooked. But the
Red Gross needs funds for this pur-
pose. The war relief needs abroad
are so pressing that not one <3snm4
of the money In the Red Cross war
fund can be diverted for any other
purpose. For that reason we must
provide Christmas packages out OF
funds specially raised for that pIir-
pose. Contributions should be sent
in at once"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-02
HOME ENTERED

Joseph Kelly of 512 East Main
street, reported today that his home
was entered during the night and
watch, bracelet, three rings, and q
pair of pearl earrings were taken
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-02
DIED

DIED
HOYT-In Stamford, Oct ~, J. Clin-
ton Hoyt.
FERRIs-In Stamford. Oct. 27, Rhnea
]. Ferris, in her 18th year.
F1TCH--In Stamford. Oct. %, E1iza
Guild Fitch.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-02

Orders to erect a new passenger
station at Walters. Okla. to replace
the station destroyed by fire, were res
ceived from the Oklahoma Corpora-
ton Commission by the Chicago.
Rock Island Pacific Railway.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-02

DO10 MAYOR WILSON KEEP
HoVERNndENT AND BREAK THE PEOPLE
Wilson,
tax
woud?'
This is n nen T6a
repeatedly the referendum
Why did promise?
projects Tor Witch The b city the
the mean
shamelsy issuance nuGon
@ @ inc execution said
on nnnee that would
Jun
pc upon CIVIL service basis and
You haven't kept these pledges Why,
nas
the lowest
the tina
ssnA ponise2 - = - $3.50 ~ anu why o'o you Dreak nls sol
se You said providing for com
they prefer should be ornn
presented to the ~ ~ y @ ' "hcn shoudbe
two by vote vote vote
The Why did you manager plan which
PsOe
contract. g Mr. Mayor lawyer upon saney
that another
eman 0u ne
offh
anandis dishonaIle keen n
Why made to the ono mon ~: n
citizens nf gov
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-11-27
Bread Crumbs and Potato Fritters.
Salmon Jelly Sala.;.

Mince finely one can Of salmon, ~
moving any fragments Of skin or bone.
Season rather highly with salt, freshly
ground pepper, . slight grating Of nut
meg and little lemon juice, soften Z
level teaspoonful Of gelatin in . half
cup Of cold water, then dissolve BY
adding further half cupful Of boiling
water. Add this to the salmon and
when nearly cold turn into . mould
which has been previously wet with
cold water. Set aside to become flrm.
then at serving time unmould and gar
nish with lettuce and quarters Of cut
lemon. together with radishes or beets
II these are easily obtainable. Serve
with either mayonnaise or boiled salad
dressing. II preferred. the salmon
may be turned into individual cups or
moulds and then each served ON its
own individual plata