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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-05-03

F.xpcc, something especially good
and you wont be disappointed in "The
Rivers End Marshall Neilan's hIe
production at the Richmond tonight.
Crowds stood in line for hours -
sec this wonderful photoplay al
lIoora'S Ria!to Theatre in Washing
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-05-03

The Alexandria Citizens Assoca-
ticn will hold an important meeting
at 8 o'clock tonight in McBurney's
Hall, King and Washington streets.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-05-03
EIkS APPOINTED
Exalted Ruler Klaus Names Commit
tees

The following appointed officers
have been chosen by George Klaus
exalted ruler Ct Alexandria Lodge
No. 75S Benevolent and Protective
Order OF Elks: Rev. Edgar Carp2n-
ter, chaplain: Henry Cal!an. esquire;
j. {. Gates. inner guard; the char
officers CT the lodge are the charity
and relief committee: ". 7. Ncolls
W. II =. Kelly and James NJ. Dun
can. finance committee; William Bad-
der T. 4. Moore. J. c. Gates. i'm
prcvcmen5 committee; Gettys My
er&. George Il. Robinson, and !.
Alton Moore. house committee; Her
man Frieilander, George ". BontZ
Jr., D. McWho'1,,r. {. H. thinner
man. ". II T.. Nelly. }. Volt, eX-
curson committee; II. A. Stuart
chairman Of sick committee wI-h au-
thority to name his own committee
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NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS

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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-05-03

Sarepta Lodge OF Odd Fellows will
confer the initatory degree next We'd
nesday night.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-05-03
FORD OWNERS

OUR M0TTO-If it is done ut
Rer,schers, it must be done right.
73-tf.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-05-03

William j. Wheeler. sIXty-clgh,
years cid. Il prominent farmer, djee
las; night at his residence near Wei
lingtaM Prince William county. Va.
His wife and five children survive.
His funeral will take place IL three
O'Clock tomorrow afternoon from Thr
SuGioy Methodist Church. The dc
ccasci hal number Of relatives III
AleXamsirla
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-05-03
MOTORISTS
ATTENTION
Leahy's Tire Hospital

has re-cnened al the northwest
corner Of Alfred and Gipbeal
streets. Over % years exper!-
eree back Of e"ely job."
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-05-03
HAPPENINGS ABBOTT
CITY TOLD IN BRIEF

Mrs. George Y. DoGd is the guest
of relatives in Falls Church, and later
will visit hcr sister. Mrs. l.eith, at
her home in Loudoun county
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-05-03

Miss Mamie, kcc@an accompanied
by her aunt. Mrs. Elizabeth Che
valley have gone on visit to %cw
Orleans and other cities m the So1ith.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-05-03

lI.s. Josephine Steiner Money, IS
the guest of Judge Marshall and Miss
Marshall. 1T their homc in Rockville,
Indiana.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-05-03

Tne Allison W. c. T. L.. will
meet tonight at s o'clock 1T the hn1ut'
Of Mrs. Perez Cliff. 2l7 North Co.
lumbu< street. All members are
,rwIG - attend.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-05-03

Miss Mary a. HammerSlsr and
Mr. Elaser@ l.. Simpson. both Of this
city. woe married Saturday afternoon
at the rcctcry cf Christ t.pisropai'
Church by Rev. DR.. W. ] Mornon.
rector. They were attended by Miss
Ncra J Perry and Mr.. James 4.
i.ud!ow
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-05-03

Mrs. ijauchlin N!vcn has returned
to her hcmc on Braddock Heights
after visit to her sister in New
York.
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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-08
William McConochie.

Rock Island feels distinct loss in the
death of William McConochie, Civil war vet
eran, old settler, leading builder and for four
terms mayor. No one has been more closely
identified with the cty's progress during the
last half century than he.
Born of good Scotch fighting stock he in
herited many of the sterner qualities which
made for his Success Along with industry,
ambition and painstaking thoroughness he
early learned to cultivate careful habits of
living which conserved his energies and en-
abled him to round out long career and de-
liver a full measure of service.
The spirit of the man was shown when as
a mere youth he overcame the handicaps of
age and parental objection to enter the army
and fight for the union. Four years under the
flag taught him courage, patriotism and the
value of discipline, which ever after were out
standing characteristics. He was close stu
dent of human nature and was able to judge
men. which was of great assistance to him in
politics. in his official career and as an en-
ployer His work both as builder and in
the public service, always was well DONE He
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-08

New York is going to try by means of law
10 prevent people from lying to newspapers.
The purpose is praiseworthy, but it will be
found eventually that they have merely clut-
tered up the statute books with more superfu-
Gus legislation. For one thing guilt hinges
upon ability to prove intent that the stories
be published, which may not always be easy to
do. Then the ofense is only misdemeanor
involving merely a light fine. The law will
not even help truthfulness by branding the
liars, for the hardened ones usually glory in
it and are willing to pay for extra publicity
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-08
No Half Peace.

The United States cannot afford to affront
its own sel-respect by making half peace
with Germany.
the declaration of war against Germany will
not change in any fundamental respect the
status Of suspended hostilities under the terms
of the armistice
The essential fact of formal peace is that
it imposes terms on . fallen enemy. That is
why there can be no peace except by treaty.
A treaty is an engagement between two or
more nations. 1t necessitates an interchange
Of negotiations.
Congress has no machinery for discussing
peace terms with the Germans. That is thu
exclusive function OF the executive branch Of
the American government Therefore, there
is no way by which congress can make joint
resolution serve as a treaty OF peace.
Congress intimates that a peace resolution
is necessary to end the equivocal relations ex-
listing between the United States and Germany
peace resolution cannot change GermaIs
American relations in any basic respect. They
must remain equivocal as long as terms Of
peace have not been adopted by both sides il
treaty form.
The real purpose Of the peace resolution is
to humiliate the president of the United STATED
in the face Of the enemy. The American peo-
pie are the ones who will be Inundated if
the resolution is adopted. No country can in
suit its ruler and hold him up to enemy ridi-
Guile by formal legislative act without Offend
ing its own dignity
America get along well enough, under
the present terms of the armistice, or easily
amended terms, until such time as a peace
treaty is finally adopted.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-08
Mothers Day.

From England, the idea OF setting apart
certain day for an outward demonstrations Ct
the inward love OF children to mothers, spread
sdeiphia i'll 1905.
Congress, in 1914, recognizing the merit and
beauty OF the custom, passed joint resolution
ssdesignating the second Sunday in May as
mothers day. and for other purposes
K Under it the president is authorized, and
Requested, to issue proclamation in remem-
brance of the day. The United States flag is to
be displayed on all public buildings, and, as a
public expression of the love of the people for
the mothers Of the country, the people are
also requested to display the flag at their
homes.
Perhaps the Jewish saying puts compactly
what hundred words could no better do:
God could not be everywhere and, there
fore, he made mothers"
Not only does she bear the child. Her
work is then but begun. 1t is hers TO raise
and guide, truly to care for in sickness and in
health; to see it bud and blossom into full
growth while she slowly but surely pines
away, the withered parent stem. Home is the
center of life. Mother is the center of the
home, No wonder day has been set apart
for her alone.
The wonder is that nobody thought of il
sooner. But it is pretty observance with
4 charming features that will make it endure
surely, through the centuries
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-08

Dareheaded, and Tom with a nap
KIN dangling in his hand.
Madge, in an agony Of shame at
being caught in the act of return
ing from running away from her
own dinner party, little realized
what a pretty picture she made as
she stood below, her cheeks becom-
insiy flushed, her breath coming a
bit quickly between parted lips
How explain herself? Plausible
stories sprang to her lips, explana-
lions untrue, but surely permis-
soble under the circumstances
Then, suddenly, with half a smile
Here they are, Tom" she said
holding out a slim hand filled with
cigars. '
Some hours later, Tom. forgiven
and penitently committed to drown.
Ing himself if, by Jupiter, he ever
forgot anything again, explained
now he had gone to the kitchen in
search of her. Then had come ;
crash and, well-she kew the rest
Coincidently with this converse.
ton. Mr.. Bronson was remarking r.
his wife: "Pritchard seems an Al
sort OF chap-fine mind, although
guess his wife wishes he'd improve
his memory" Bronson laughed
Il think" returned his wife. com.
piacently. that his little wife i,
going to be an addition to our com,
| munity." Then added. epieram.
n'atlcaiiy, she has that invaluable
social asset-the sixth sense, which
saves a situation"
You mean" Intercepted he,
husband. "she wasn't phased wheI
we caught her getting the cigars y
Exactly" said his wife.
I
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-08
Personal Health Service.

u
There are departments Of health
in nearly all Of the states and ter
ritories and provinces Of the Unit
ed States and Canada, and county
and city and village boards of
health and everything. Yet people
go right on getting sick, and what
is. worse, they come down with
easily preyentable diseases right
along. and what is still worse, they
do not even know the diseases they
are contracting are preventable,
and what is worst of all they do not
know how to avoid having the dis
eases even when they get wind of
the fact that there is no need of
being sick. So much for the mod
esty Of our public health authori-
ties.
This department of this newspa-
per is dedicated to Personal Health
Service. 1t has no other function.
1t costs readers nothing. Use it.
Readers will, am sure. over
look the egotism Of the conductor of
this department, which prompts
him to drag himself into the COL
umn nearly every day. All doctors
are vain. They can't help it. 1t
makes them more amusing. And,
have you not noticed that every
doctor thinks nearly every other
doctors views and opinions are
ridiculous? They're a queer lot.
However, the conductor of this de-
p2rtment strives to print occasion
ally a. fact Of some value to the
health of readers. He certainly
pores over the literature many an
hour in quest of the elusive fact
so summingly concealed in a mass
of Heterogeneous verbiage. And when
he does succeed in dragging an
actual fact to the surface and dust
ing it off and serving it here, it
makes him happy, for sooner or
later some reader writes in to tell
Just how much that fact has helped
somebody.
For instance. here is a fact to
ponder-not new fact. but one as
old as time: All disease is organic,
even though it is called merely
functional" The purpose of this
column is TO aid readers in coping
with organic disease in the pre-
functional stage; to teach them how
to keep well.
Symptoms, you must have. no.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-08
LOST!!!!
We used to own a little collie
But the other day she lost us.
Whoever finds her can, by gOliy,
Have her for the five she cost us.
LOST!!!!

IN spite of their martial name and place u
residence Mr. and Mrs. Charles Arguebright Of
Battle Creek, Mich, live together amicably.
YES. THAT'S THE TRADES" FAvoRITE
METHOD OF REDUCING THE H. C. L.
(From the Illinois Retail Merchants JournaD.
The summer make of imported Swiss
cheese is due early in May, with prices
somewhat higher than the domestic ar
! ticle. There is demand for imported
Swiss and even though the prices are
high it is anticipated that the trade will
pay whatever is asked.
EGGS. c. Rock Island Red eggs for
Matching. Call s. 14S4.-Peoria Star.
Now We know from whence comes our local
reds. They hatch em.
WE learn from the columns of our Ma So
leum that Mrs. Marjorie Allen-Seiffert used to
write for the Spectra Hoax. You've heard of
the Spectra Hoax, of course. 1t was similar
to the Edgar Allen Poe Hoax to which James
Whitcomb Riley largely contributed.
! "FIvE SECONDS A DAY WITH OUR
| PRESIDENTS"
XXI.-CHESTER A. ARTHUR.
| Good man, but-Gee!
! The prize he cops
| For whiskers he
| Wore muttonchops.
~. S. HEARS CARRANZA WEAKENING "
Davenport Times.
Must be the old boy wheeling through his
whiskers.
| THE Bloomington Paragraph speaks of a
large lawyers fee Our recollection of large
lawyer fees is pleasant. Jack Stafford fixed
tup our exemption papers for nothing
Anarchists Daze Italy With Riots"-"Reds
Grip On kiev Is Still Firm'-"Fierce Battle in
| Fiume'-Mexican Rebels Attack Nuevo La
redo'-"British Lords Favor Drastic Curb for
| Erin"
VERIFY, Peace, thourt bedrapoIed
maiden! R. E. MIG.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-08

ticed, are almost as scarce as RENE
dies in this department. The aim.
you see, is not to suggest ills, but
to suggest good health. 1t takes a
wise man to know his own health.
Many a semi-invalid has discovered.
after years OF suffering. that, after
all, there was nothing the matter.
That is why symptoms get short
shift here, and normality is empha-
sized. 1t is worth great deal to
any one to know that he or she IS
normal.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Uselessness Of Eardrums.
Would you advise me to pay $50
for pair of artificial eardrums
, for chronic deafness? (Mrs. K. r.
L.
Answer-No. So-called artificial
drums are impracticable and do
not improve hearing. A real aid
| to hearing for the deaf is the
ACQUISITION, worn upon the ear.
This instrument is similar in prin-
ciple to the telephone.
Earrings and HOOd0Oism.
Please give Instructions. for
punching holes in the ears Will
T; wearing gold earrings help the
eyes? (Ruth)
Answer-Dont.
Twin Reds.
Is it an injury for a person so
years old to sleep with a child OF
10? The little boy is the picture of
health, but I have been told it is
wrong for US to sleep together as
l take the energy from him. Is.
C. M
Answer-Each would have bet
ter rest in a separate bed. Two in
one bed, irrespective of ages or
other conditions. disturb one an
others rest and divide any COM
municable disease either may hap
pen to have. The taking away Of
the others energy is mere super
stition, especially popular among
southern negroes.
Baby Born With Teeth.
Is it true that occasionally a
baby is born with two teeth? Is
any superstition attached to this.
fact? MRS. l.. To
Answer-Yes. Probably many
superstitions-they are attached 70
nearly every natural occurrence
which seems strange to the ignor-
j.. ant.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-08

uated in 1891 with highest honors.
While in college he helped form a
chapter of the national Phi Kappa
Psi fraternity, of which President
Wilson is also a member. Mr.. Pal
mer married Roberta Bartlett Dix
on OF Easton, Md. Nov. 23, 1898.
Was admitted to the bar 1893.
Member 61st-63rd congress, 1909
1915. Appointed judge United
States court of claims April, 1915,
resigned September, 1915; appoint
ed alien property custodian by
President Wilson. Oct. ~, 1917.
made attorney general March >,
1919. He is member of the So
ciety of Friends.
Q. Is there visible sign of the
prime meridian in Greenwich. Eng
land? I. A. s.
A. On the road to the observa-
tory at Greenwich, the meridian has
been marked in the stone.
@. What is meant by winter rules
and summer rules in golf?
W. H.
A. Under summer rules, plav-
er must play his ball as it lies,
while under winter rules. he is
permitted to improve his lie or tee
up his ball everywhere except in
hazards.
! @. What is calorene? NJ. S.
A. This is new cutting gas
made from alcohol 1t is quite like
acetlyene. An analysis of it shows
carbon Sc per cent and hydrogen
II per cent. 1t gives maximum
temperature of $500 degrees Fab
renheit while acetylene gives $500
@. Who is the richest Indian in
America? S. d.
| A. Jackson Barnett, a Cherokee
has this distinction.
| @. Is the word mich used in re.
ferring to milk cows? B. L. S.
A The department of agriculture
has just gone on record as favor.
ing the use OF the word milk in this
connection. Mich is used in the
bible and in classical literature, Dut
milk is the simple work-a-day wore
and will henceforth be used by tht
department.
! @. Is there any law that pro
cides for a superintendent of Z
poor farm opening all the mail O
those who live there? 7. L. G.
A. The postoffice department
says that the sealed mail of in
mates of the county home is a.
fully protected from unlawful open
ing as the mail Of any other citizen
The mere fact that these inmates
mostly former tax payers, are s,
unfortunate as to seek the shelte,
OF the home gives the superintend
ent no license to interfere witt
their letters for the purpose of DRY
ing into their secrets further thai
he has to obtain letters of any othal
citizen for that purpose.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-08
What's In a Name?
BY MILDRED MARSHALL -
Copyright. 1913. BY the Wheeler Syndicate Incl

Upon thy cheerful face, joys livery
wear,
While those fair planets on they
streams did shine;
The boat for Joy could not to dance
forbear;
While wanton winds, with beau
ties so divine
Ravished, staid not till in her
golden hair
They did themselves, CHI sweetest
prison, twine."
Stella's talismanic stone is the
lapis lazuii, that mysterious blue
gem f.ecked with gold that dispeis
melancholy and frees the blood OF
fever, according to old superstition.
Friday is her lucky day and Z her
lucky number.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-08

residential street, but quite fire.
quently godsend to an unexpect-
erly visited housekeeper. She would
start the salad, then, under pre-
text of delay in the kitchen, run
down to the store, get the best CT
the humidor in the living room
the humidor in thel living room
and reappear from the kitchen as
if she had been there all the time
The whole affair would take less
than five minutes, time she might
conceivably be detained in prera.
ration for the next course.
In the brightly lighted dining
room, about the table sparkling
with shining silver and spotless
linen, Madge's guests, toying with
their cherry-topped salad, awaited
her return to their midst-and
waited-and waited
'Madge!" Tom raised his voice
slightly.
There was no reply.
Meanwhile, Madge had accom-.
plished her errand and was nearly
home. Suddenly, riccochetins
across the street. skidded q loaded
automobile, humping, with a grind,
ing OF brakes and startled erie:
from the inmates, into another ca,
drawn up at the curb.
Instantly appeared people from
everywh@e-caSual pedestrians
occupants Of both automobiles and
unusually timely, Lakewood's on,
constable. Caught in the medley
it was several minutes befor,
Madge could make her escape. ant
then only after giving her name a,
the one witness to the accident.
| Wildly hoping her absence hat
not been noticed, Madge arrived
breathlessly in front of her verand,
la veranda which seemed file,
with people, although in realit,
there were only three. The light
streaming from the door behind
revealed Mr.. and Mrs. Bronson
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-08

ESTHER.
In England. Esther became
famous since it was borne by two
ladies beloved of Dean Swift;
Esther Johnson and Esther Van
homrigh, one of whom he called
by the Latin equivalent, Stella,
and the other by the generic term
for our gorgeous butterflies, Van
essa.
Estrella was the heroine of a
Spanish pastoral and Able Flor
ian borrowed it for his theatrical
shepherdess. Sir Philip Sidney
wrote a sonnet to Stella which
runs:
20 happy Thames that did my
Stella bear;
/ saw myself with many a smiling
line
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-08

~ conservative IN that hs seldom was led
astray ~ improved fads Of theories. bat not
to such an extent that he was unable to reccg-
nizs true merit II that which was new. Having
himself STAINED success by the hard road his
sympathies always were with the common peo-
pie, fact which was shown in many ways
and was IN element Of strength to him in his
political campaigns
Election to the Office Of mayor for four
times constitutes tribute to Mr. McConochie
which really calls for no elaboration
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-05-08
THE DAILY SHORT STORY

cigars had become things asso-
ciated only with anniversaries, a
Sunday afternoon walk, or the &C.
casional cashing of commission
checks.
Promptly at 6:25 the Bronson
sedan drew up at the Pritchard
curb. Madge. pretty and slim, and
softly gowned in crepe de chine,
was waiting to greet her guests.
My husband is late, as usual"
she apologized gracefully. Com
muting is SO unreliable"
But Tom came in just then with
a tale of open bridges and delayed
traffic, and Madge slipped away.
Dinner was half over. So far,
everything had been perfect. Salad
course was next, then dessert, then
coffee and cigars in the living room
| by the open fire. Horrors! Had
Tom remembered?
Catching his eye, she managed to
convey, by lift of the eyebrows
and an inconspicuous two-fingered
gesture as Of one who removes a
cigar from his mouth, the query
They had been married long enough
for Tom TO be fairly we'll trained
| in this delicate domestic art OF sig.
nal and Interpretation. Once, he
| would have laid down his napkin
half risen. and said, Something the
matter, dear? But tonight-utteI
Darkness swept his countenance
succeeded by an expression Of in
finite dismay. Madge gave him, un.
der the circumstances, the sweetes,
possible smile, and continued wha1
she was saying to Mrs. Bronson
But beneath the ripping surface
talk, her thoughts flowed deeply
Tom would keep. But what to DE-
about the cigars?
While shifting plates for thu
salad, an idea occurred to her. Onl,
a block below was small par
grocery. part stationery STORE. n
unbeautiful spot on Lakewood