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The Washington times., 1918-04-15
The Wind Does Not Rule Your
Destiny

''There be three things which are too wonder
full for me; yea, four which know not:
''The way of eagle in the air. the way OF
serpent upon a rock; THE WAY OF SHIP IN
THE MIDST OF THE SEA, and the way of man
with maid" i
At sunset long train of waited on bridge as
sailing ship passed through the draw.
The ship sailed up the river toward the cold winter sum-
another ship sailed past it going In the oPPosliE dec
ton. .
Only ONE wind was blowing YET of those two ships
blown by the wind moved by the same power, one
sailed EAST and one WEST
It may be of use you in your to think for
few minutes about these two ships and the lesson which
they teach especially to young men,
The man who has sailed in his Ifes journey, toward
failure and disaster looks always with envy sometimes with
hatred very often with intense sensation of injustice
at the who passes him going In exactly the opposite OIL
recsion
cess are exactly the those that other to
failure, humiliation, and defeat
1t is all question of the way in which you use the
forces within you-just shpboard is all question
of the use of the common wind which blows.
IT A QUESTION OF THE USE OF THE RUDDER
Two ships pass each with its sails filled out by the same
wind The difference in direction is accounted for by the
handling of rudder and the adjustment of the sails
What the force of the wind is to the ship varying
emotions passions ambitions appees and aspirations
to All of these constitute the power which may be
called HUMAN FORCE.
This power differs in different individuals the wind
differs on different days may blow from the east the
west or the north the south However may blow
be forced by proper steering to send the ship in any drec
tion desired.
It is harder beat against the wind of course and
many have hard struggles to steer themselves to good
port in the face of adverse start hard beginning in
clinations difficult to overcome.
Bvt in all of the force exists which be made to
in the right directon-the force within be
MADE to obey will if the will be strong and the hand
the rudder steady This be proved-for instance
There is certain force in human beings called LOVE
This force leads sometimes and happily leads usually to
domesticity morality of children and lifelong devo
tion. Then the force is used properly.
to almost all forms of crime.
There is another human passion called AMBITION.
This human force of ambition, with a Lincolns
science to guide it, republic.
The force guided by Benedict Arnold seeks to be-
tray the nation.
Consider yourself ship launched the of life under
certain conditions with the essential condition in your
own control
The wind may be feeble, you may drift for while
Continued in Last Column.)
The Washington times., 1918-04-15

JOHN ]. NOoNAN has placed on
the wall Of his lunchroom the Powers
cartoon from The Times Of April 5.
The cartoon bore a striking lesson
In food saving. Mr.. Noonan has
placed over 1t the words Lost we
forget" and under II the words Re
member the boys over there"
Did you ever leave the Capitol to
get on one Of those WRECO cars that
stay for a few minutes just across
from the Senate steps. and just as
you were ten feet away from the car
have the conductor, looking you
straight In the face, give the signal
to go ahead?
The Washington times., 1918-04-15

- TO man is a hero to his valet,
N runs the old saying; and
- fewer still are heroes to
their wives.
But to the woman who is closely
associated with him in his busi-
ness-his private secretary, conf
Dental clerk, or cashier-a man is
seldom less than a demi-god. That
Is, unless he is really a demi-dog,
and even some demi-dogs get the
favorable rating.
He is simply wonderful" this
woman will tell you in hushed.
worshipful tones. No other man
In the world could accomplish
what he is doing"
Or II she inclines more to the
vernacular: Say, II you're look
ing for the real stuff, you've got to
hand It to my boss. He's a go
getter from Go-getterville, believe
mel"
And there's a reason for it.
The man at business is the man
in action. He is the modern ex-
preston Of the eternal masculine
the stalker and slayer, lineal
descendant Of that Nimrod. son Of
Cush, who was a mighty hunter be-
fore the Lord.
His wife sees him only when he
returns at night to the family
lodge, spent and wearied by the
efforts he has put forth, all the
edge Of his enthusiasm dulled. His
step is laggard and his speech slow.
II the hunting has been good, he
dumps down his spoil at the door
and gives himself over to rest and
relaxation. II on the other hand
things have gone badly with him.
he is apt TO be grabbed and fault
finding.
Home Life.
He may endeavor to show an in
terest in the affairs Of the house
hold, but 1t is perfunctory, tepid at
the best, things so much more vital
and absorbing have been occupy
ing his attention. And equally his
wife soon begins to yawn If he
starts to tell what he has been
doing. There is little excitement
for her in the bare, prosaic recital
of his adventures after she has
learned the amount and quality of
the game he has brought In.
But the woman who accompanies
him on the hunt and acts as his
uuiver-bearer has a different ex-
perience. She sees him eager,
alert, keyed up to a supreme pas
sion. She watches him lay his
snares and plan the subtle ruses
by which he hopes to overmatch
some cunning adversary. She
crouches with bated breath as he
The Washington times., 1918-04-15
HEARD AND SEEN

wonderful. He saved it for me just
.or this occasion, 50 here it is:
~ lay. q soldier dead,
But overhead
pGs the s1szshins on my land.
It's PeGes, and men could under
I Vas their Liberty for ,Ohieh I
died
The happy day that kept their side
Changed BY Deaths eT7Ieibls to
sweet increase,
Ny soul, their happiness and peace;
My soul, by the miracle of death
to BE-
My nations Honor and its Liberty"
And after the Major turned OF to
go his way, I walked quickly on
toward home, stopping only to talk
Of Wisconsin politics with my
CON G R E s s N AN
BROWN of the Badger State.
And thence home to q Sunday din
ner for which dessert was rhubarb
pie made with some kind Of a war
crust. had estimated it to be a
kind Of penance, like wearing hair
shirt, but ! was mistaken greatly
and ate two slices.
A Patriot.
Miss CATHERINE E. BUNN,
telephone operator at headquarters
of the Liberty Loan Committee Of
the District, is doing without a new
spring dress in order to buy a third
loan bond.
This Is the spirit which Secretary
McAdoo wanted to encourage when
he recently told an audience he was
wearing "half-soled shoes and half
soled pants" and was proud Of it
Notice that FLORENCE KELLEY
Is getting after US here because we
employ girls as messengers and ele-
Yator operators Hone Florence
won't start any foolissnass during
this season when everything is
The Washington times., 1918-04-15

Lost my copy OF DoSWeH b4S VI
Johnson" or could quote to you
exactly the learned doctors words
when he said he took more pleasure
walking in the streets Of London
than through the fields Of the eoun-
try, because every field looked alike,
but that the faces Of the people on
the streets were always different
and always interesting.
The thought comes to me as sit
down to write, after walking down
Connecticut avenue and back again
Sunday morning. To church, Of
course, albeit / saw plenty Of good
people chasing northward toward the
golf courses.
Among them was our good food
administrator, CLARENCE WILL
SON.
And VICTOR KAUFFMANN get
ting to Chevy Chase as fast as six
cylinders would take him.
At Cathedral avenue and Connect
icut avenue, where there Is one Of
the deepest holes in the street you
ever saw, passed SIDNEY SMITH,
of the Patent Office.
And a few minutes later JOSEPH
P. TUMULTY came along, and we
walked together down the avenue,
talking Of first one thing and then
another, until had reached the
Church of the Covenant, into which
Little Sister Mary and / went, be-
cause we wanted to hear DR.. Wood.
No one would say this church Is
unpopular. It was, by the best Of
luck only and by the aid Of HARRY
C. DAVIS, that we found two seats
in the topmost crovs-nest, In the
last row.
And after church, walking back up
the avenue, whom should / see, In
stovepipe hat and a red necktie, but
WILLIAM II. BALDWIN.
And later MISTER TOM HUME,
Win LnEec OE 1OuE INT lOOAAA6 yNAAA8
buckos as a bodyguard.
And also JOHN C. LET'S in q
soft-purring electric machine, with
his daughters, going homeward.
And JOHN HANLON, who sits in
the sun in a little maroon runabout
each Sunday morning for an hour,
looking over the people. He has
staked out a little space on Florida
avenue, north side, just east Of Con-
necticut avenue, so next Sunday, II
you see a dark, handsome man in a
little dark red car, that's John Han
lon.
And also l caught sight Of BASIL
MILES cutting toward Chevy Chase
in a Scripps-Booth.
And Major J. C. HEMPHILL,
who said he had been saving me a
scrap of poetry written by a mere
MD of a soldier. 1t is short and
The Washington times., 1918-04-15

CONTINUED from Coumn0
move very slowy-move at least in the right direction
The wind may blow gale and you may feel as so many
do that YOU cannot control your emotions and your appe
tites But that comes show at least much interest in
yourself as sailor does In his ship Take In sail and light
the storm instead of going willingly to destruction
Four things puzzled and impressed the wise man that
wrote the nineteenth verse of the threth chapter OF
Proverbs
Think today about the third Of these things:
''The way of ship in the midst Of the sea "
The way Of q human being IN the midst OF lie Is nST
that of a ship on the ocean.
Make up your mind that your way at least shall be
controlled by the rudder Of conscience and learn from the
passing ships lesson Of use In your own life.
The Washington times., 1918-04-15

And VICTOR KAUFFMANN get
ting to Chevy Chase as fast a. six
cylinders would take him.
The Washington times., 1918-04-15

TOMORROW
The Liberty Loan COMMITTEES
on Trade Organizations meets at
4 D. m, 1418 H street
The Washington times., 1918-04-15

At Cathedral avenue and Connect
icut avenue, where there Is one Of
the deepest holes in the street you
ever saw, passed SIDNEY SMITH,
of the Patent Office.
The Washington times., 1918-04-15

Among them was our good food
administrator, CLARENCE WILL
SON.
The Washington times., 1918-04-15

No one would say this church is
unpopular. It was, by the best Of
luck only and by the aid Of HARRY
C. DAVIS, that we found two seats
in the topmost crows-nest, in the
last row.
The Washington times., 1918-04-15

And after church, walking back up
the avenue, whom should / see, In .
stovepipe hat and a red necktie, but
WILLIAM H. BALDWIN.
The Washington times., 1918-04-15

And later MISTER TOM HUME,
with three or four fine looking young
buckos as a bodyguard.
The Washington times., 1918-04-15

And also JOHN C. LET'S in q
soft-purring electric machine, with
his daughters, going homeward.
The Washington times., 1918-04-15

Will you kindly write an article
on liquid air and what II does7
r. s. BRONX.
The Washington times., 1918-04-15

The thought comes to me as l sif
down to write, after walking down
Connecticut avenue and back agar
Sunday morning. To church, o.
course, albeit I saw plenty Of goot
people chasing nOrthward toward the
golf courses.
New Britain herald., 1918-09-17
MINERS HEED GARFIELD AND RETURN TO WORK All Except 10000 in Shamo- kin Region Resume
 Operations.

Reading, Pa, Sept. 17.-All of the Reading Coal and Iron companys col- lieries except those in the Shamokin region. resumed work this morning, having needed the request of Fuel Administrator Garfield. An effort was made last night to persuade the Shamokin men to go back to the mines but the collieries are all idle this morning.
 An official of the company stated this morning that it is expected that all of the men throughout the lower region will be at work on Wednesday. The mines south of Broad Mountain are in full operation, none of the men having quit work.
 In the Shamokn district it is esti- mated that fully 10000 men and boys are idle, notwithstanding the fact that the leaders of the United Mine Workers used every effort to induce them to return to the mines
 Because the mines in the Shamokin district are closed and those in the Mahony valley were partly so on Monday it is estimated that 10000 tons of anthracite was lost to the market.
New Britain herald., 1918-09-17
ST. MIHIEL LOSSES
 LIGHT, BAKER SAYS
Spirit and Smiles, Even Among Wounded is Most InSpir'ing'',
 Secretary States.

London, Sept 16.-Newton D. Bak- CT, American secretary of war, re- ceived the American correspondents this afternoon. He said he would go to France for few days, but would return to London in about a week to confer with British authorities.
 MT. Baker was enthusiastic in his praise of the American troops in France. He described how he saw part of the fighting at St. Mihiel from a hill and told of the terrific barrage fire, the wonderful dash of the Amer ican soldiers and their management of the German prisoners coming in.
 '"The spirit and smiles of the Amer jeans, even among the wounded" he said, lis most inspiring. Our casu- alties were remarkably light, being, for the most part minor wounds"
New Britain herald., 1918-09-17
OWNED A UNIFORM
 AND FOUR ALIASES
Man Arrested in New Haven was Pos ing as Lieutenant Commander
 in American Navy.

New Haven, Sept. 17.-A man ar rested on a railroad train here yester day by Chief McMahon, of the NeI York, New Haven and Hartford Rail road police and turned over by hin to the local police was today hell by the department of justice officer on the charge of impersonating
 naval officer and of failure to registe in the draft. When pointed out by conductor to Chief McMahon as
 man who previously had evaded can fare on the plea that his pocket hal been picked he gave the name of Di Robert l.. Read, of Riverside Dfivd New York city. He wore the uniforII of a lieutenant commander.
 The detective bureau later obtaine| from the man the names of Charla F. Deliver, Thomas J. Ross. Dj Lawrence Cusick and pr. Williall Young as those under which he claini ed he had gone at various places bd tween Baltimore and Boston.
 The federal officers took the maj as their prisoner for the time beina because he was in naval uniform, anz upon an alleged admission that Ea was not an officer but merely hab been employed around the docks iA Boston. The man will be arraignea before a. commissioner under th
 name of Deliver.
New Britain herald., 1918-09-17
ASK SEVEN BILLION e ADDITIONAL FOR WAR
More Money Required for Enlarged Military Program-Departme of Aeronautics Nearer Realization.

, Washington, Sept. IT. - Congress was asked by the war department to- day to provide $7,347, ,O00.OOO in addi- lion to previous estimates for carry Ing out the enlarged American mii- tary program for the coming year.
 The senate military committee today. by vote of Il to 2, ordered favorably reported the bill introduced by Se1a- tor New of Indiana providing for the \ Hsta blishment of a department of aero nautics with a cabinet officer at it's head.
 Provision of the war revenue bill Ievying federal income taxes on flu ture issues of state, county and mu1ic lpal bonds were approved today by the house, a motion for their elimination being defeated, 132 to 61.
New Britain herald., 1918-09-17
COLONIES AND NAVAL
 BASES LOST TO HUN
Allies Cannot Give Them Back, For eign Secretary Balfour Declares
 in Public Statement.

London, Sept. 16.---In his address today Voicing his personal view that such a conference as Austria Hun gary suggested in it's peace note would be useless, Foreign Secretary Balfour expressed his opposition to the return to Germany of her naval bases in various parts of the world.
 (The text of this portion of MT. Balfours speech, received today, shows that the foreign secretary went somewhat further in his discussion of the subject of Germany's colonies than the first reports of the address indicated.)
 "Germany', said MT. Balfour, "is going to insist upon the return of her colonies. Here, again, is a point up on which there can be no misunder standing. German stands on one side and we on the other. I say it is inn possible to conceive that any conversa- tions can bridge over a differeNce so deep, or to restore to the power of Germany those unhappy populations she misused, or give back to Ger many control over those naval bases which can give her control of the means of communication, not only between the British empire, but be- tween the civilized nations of the world"
New Britain herald., 1918-09-17
KILLED WIFE WHILE
 MIND WAS A BLANK
City Editor of New York Evening World Read of Own Crime
 in Newspapers.
in Newspapers.

New York, Sept. 17.-Charles E. Chapin, city editor. of the New York Evening World. whose wife was found shot to death in her room at a hotel here yesterday, surrendered himself to the police today.
 Chapin, who wrote to a business as sociate yesterday limiting at suicide and declaring his wife ha been "such a good pal that I cannot leave her alone in the world,'' walked into an uptown police station early today. He was taken to headquarters for examina- tiQn by the district attorney.
 Declaring his mind had been wan dering, Chapin told the police he had been unable for several days to recall his own name. Reading in the morn ing papers accounts of his wife's death and his disappearance, the edi- tor asserted, prompted him to report to the authorities.
New Britain herald., 1918-09-17

period of quiescence in the near easd IS at an end. Strategists have point ed out that great offensive on thid front would have immediate resuItd In determining the position of Bull garla and Turkey as allies of GerJ many. The gains made. by the Al1ieJ along the center of the Macedonian line would seem to indicate that therd was plenty of power behind the bIovl and that it may be followed up bI other attacks which will shift thd scene of action for the time being tcI a front which appears perilous foI the enemy.
 Entente allied forces operatinfs irl Siberia have been active north oH Vladivostok and have won victoriea which may be reflected in a breaking down of the Bolshevik regime in east ern Siberia. The Czecho- -Slovals forces, operating to the west of Lax Baikal, have made gains recently ana although outnumbered are fghtinN with great vigor in easter EuropealA Russia.
New Britain herald., 1918-09-17

Washington, Sept. 17.--Unqualified endorsement of President Wilson's re- jection of Austrias proposal for secret and n-binding peace discus sions was given in the senate today by Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, republican floor leader and ranking minority member of the foreign re- lationS committee.
 Senator Lodge said the presidents prompt and curt refusal was right and wise, and that he was sure it would receive universal approval.
 Americas position is becoming so plain. the senator declared, that even the Central Powers will soon begin to understand it. Germany, having brought unnumbered woes upon an innocent world and appealed to the lust of conquest, he concluded, she shall not now resort to talk and bar gain for decision. We mean to put her in physical bonds"
 He said he believed the presidents action would put an end to loose and feeble talk helpful to Germany about Austro- Hungarian peace offers.
 America Answers For Allies.
 The answer of the United States government to the peace proposal advanced by Austria Hungary, an un- conditional rejection, was before the world today. The reply issued by Secretary Lansing last night upon authorization of President Wilson all most immediately upon delivery of the Austrian communication by the
New Britain herald., 1918-09-17

Marshal Foch, howevar, may elect to strike to the west of gerdun where the German positions have been se- riously shaken by the American vic- tory at St. Mihiel An attack from Rheims to Verdun was expected three weeks ago, after the British and French advance in Picardy and Santerre had slowed down. It would have far reaching effects, if it should succeed, and probably would compel a German retreat from the region north of Rheims as well as a re- location of the enemy's lines around Verdun, which is a sector that seems to be vital to the enenly's position in eastern France.
 In Flanders the British have nearly reached the lines they held when the Germans launched their attack in April on each side of Armentieres. This, too, is a sector where an Allied offensive may be expected.
 Allied successes along the front in Macedonia may indicate that the
New Britain herald., 1918-09-17
DISCOVERS LARGE ISLAND
Stefansson Reports Finding Territory As Large As Ireland in Gustav Ado1ph Sea--Raises British Flag.

Vancouver. B. C., Sept. 17-One of the islands which Vilhjalmur Stefans- son found in the Arctic region is about the size Of Ireland, the expIor- CT said today. The British flag was raised June 19, 1915, on this land, which is in what formerly was called the Gustav Adolph sea.
 Stefansson arrived last night from the north and today continued his journey to Victoria, where he will make a report to the Canadian gov ernment on his experiences in the Arctic for a period of five and one- half years.
 Storker Storkersen. Stefansson's lieutenant. and four men now are carrying out their chiefs plan in the Far North.
New Britain herald., 1918-09-17
U. s. AVIATORS BOMB
 GERMAN POSITIONS
Drop Explosives on Bayonville, Fres- caty Lc Saloon and in Direction
 of Metz.

With the American Army on the Lorraine Front September 16. CBy the Associated Press) s)-American and AL lied aviators carried out extensive bombing raids on Bayonville Frescaty and Le Sablon and in the direction of Metz, this afternoon. Fires were ob- served at Sarlons. One of the Ameri- can planes shot down a German bal loon near Preny.
 Lieut. Duckstein, observer, and Lieut.. Richardson, pilot were attack ed by an enemy machine bearing French markings. They were forced to land inside the American lines, but were uninjured. An American bal loon was shot down yesterday but the observers escaped safely by parachute.
New Britain herald., 1918-09-17
FIJRTHER RETREAT BEFORE U. s.
 ARMY IN LORRAINE PROBABLE
Germans Burning Towns |
 Along Moselle River and May Withdraw Behind Hindenburg Line.

American Army Headquarters in Eorraine, Monday, Sept. 16, (evening) Reuter- is accommodating that the enemy intends withdrawing behind the Hindenburg line in Lor- raine, if he is pressed any further. He is burning towns along the Moselle.
 Prisoners taken report that the en- tire artillery of the Thirty-tirst Ger man division was captured in the American operation on this front.
 The division that was used to bear the brunt of the attack in the lunge in the salient east of St. Mih!el, it ap- pears, was the 35th Austrian division. It was ordered to maintain a holding action until all the German troops were withdrawn. Tn consequence of this it suffered very heavy losses, cialIy in prisoners.