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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-08-30

The work Of removing the deco
rations for the fremen's convention
held here last week was begun yes
terday and finished today.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-08-30

Mrs. John Buss has returned to
her home in Philadelphia after
spending week with her brother.
Capt. J. D .Hellwege and family.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-08-30

The Allison w. C. I. U., viii
meet at ..445 this even;r% with Mrs.
Lucas, at her home. $40 South Fair
fax street, when the election of Of
ficers will be in order.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-08-30

Capt. and Mrs. Hellwege and the
members of the Salvation Army Sum
day School are spending the day at
Glen Echo.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-08-30

Cadet Francis Summers leaves to-
day for Lexington. Va, to resume
his studies at the Virginia Military
Institute. after spending the sum-
mer with his parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
c. j. w. Summers.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-08-30

1t is generally understood that F.
F. lNiarbury. president of the board
of aldermen and H. R. Burke, pres
ident of the common council, will be
unopposed when council is. reorgan-
lied at meeting at noon Wednes-
day.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-08-30
.N|NGS ABOUT
CITY TOLD IN BRIEF

U3II lulu iii UIIIls
Mss Catherine Gillum and Master
.I.sa&%.lyn Gillum, are visiting Mrs.
lYRi,lam holland, in Hoboken, N j.
Notices intended for the sport
page should be in this office not Ia
ter than 10 a. M. each day in order
to insure their publication.
Capt. and Mrs. Hellwege and the
members of the Salvation Army Sun
day School are spending the day at
Glen Echo.
Mrs. Alex. Eckstein who has been
the guest of Mrs. Capt. Hellwege.
for the past week, has returned to
her home in Philadelphia.
Mrs. John Buss has returned to
her home in Philadelphia after
spending week with her brother.
Capt. j. D .Hellwege and family.
The work Of removing the deco
rations for the fremen's convention
held here last week was begun yes
terday and finished today.
The Rev. DR.. Bergman Green,
Dean of the Episcopal Theological:
Seminary, occupied the pulpit Of
Christ Episconal Church Chariottcs-
vile, yesterday morning.
The Allison w. C. I. u, will
meet at ..45 this even;rc with Mrs.
Lucas, at her home. $40 South Fair
fax street, when the election of Of
fcers will be in order.
Mrs. Gill, wife Of Policeman J.
Christopher Gill. was knocked down
Saturday at King and Lee streets by
an automobile delivery truck. Mrs.
Gill escaped serious injury.
After tomorrow no discount will
be allowed on city taxes. Persons
in order to obtain the discount
should pay before the office of Tax
Collector German closes tomorrow
afternoon.
The Virginia A. c. will hold an
open meeting tonight at s O'Clock for
the purpose of organizing football
team. All wishing to play on the
team will please be present. The
meeting viii be held in its club
house at the foot Of Wolfe street.
The remains of Mrs. Annie Ro-
berta Cook on Saturday were re-
moved from the receiving vault in
Bethel cemetery and buried in the
family lot in the Methodist Protes-
tant cemetery.
Cadet Francis Summers leaves to-
day for Lexington. Va. to resume
his studies at the Virginia Military
Institute. after spending the sum-
mer with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
c. j. w. Summers.
1t is generally understood that F.
F. lNiarbury. president of the board
of aldermen and H. R. Burke. pres
ident of the common council, will be
unopposed when council is. reorgan-
lied at meeting at noon Wednes-
day.
Mrs. Mary E. Shumaker, fifty
years old, widow of Andrew Shu-
maker. died this morning at her
residence. 3l4 North Pitt street. She
is survived by several children. The
body viii be shipped to Timberv'lie'
Va, for burial.
George Bayliss, the son of Mr..
and Mrs. John Rayl!ss, fell Saturday
from tree on North Columbus
street. and broke his left wrist in
two PAGES. He was carried to his
home at 1Ol1 Queen street and
treated by DR.. S. B. Moore.
Martha Washington Chapter, Or
der of Eastern Star, will have an all
day and evening picnic at Snow
den's Ton the line of Mt. Vernon
oailway), tomorrow. Tuesday. There
X refreshments and dancing during
tie evening and music by the Citi-
zens Band. Every one welcome.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-08-30

rhpnas J. Hayes. former res
iieE3 oE Alexandria. died Saturday
81 MS residence. 2l9 Third street.
soGtheast Washington. The de-
ceased Was :, son Of the late Patrick
H and Rese. Hayes. of this city.
His ianefaL VIII take place at nine
o'closic to?YoS1,&yt morning from st.
Peters Cgtaoiic Church, Washington
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-08-30
WEATHER

Fer this section-Partiy cloudy
tonight and Tuesday. probably
thuEder showers-Not quite so
warm Tuesday.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-08-30

Continued on Page Three
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-08-30

Mrs. Mary E. Shumaker, fifty
years old, widow of Andrew Shu-
maker. died this morning at her
residence. 314 North Pitt street. She
is survived by several children. The
body viii be shipped to Timberv'lle,
Va, for burial.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-08-30

George Bayliss, the son of Mr..
and Mrs. John Rayliss. fell Saturday
from tree on North Columbus
street. and broke his left wrist in
two PAGES. He was carried to his
home at 1O11 Queen street and
treated by Dr.. S. B. Moore
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-08-30

Martha Washington Chapter, Or
der of Eastern Star, will have an all
day and evening picnic at Snow
den's Ton the line of Mt. Vernon
oailway), tomorrow. Tuesday. There
* refreshments and dancing during
th2 evening and music by the Citi
.zena Band. Every one welcome.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-21

1. Confidence in Gods personal love to US and care for us. This appears in the form of address Our Father"
 2. Consciousness of our unity with all Ghrist's disciples and desire to share our prayers with them-"our Fatker."
 8. A supreme desire for the ad- vancement of Gods glory, for the es- tablishment of His Kingdom, and for the accomplishment of His will on earth-"Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done"
 A. A readiness to trust God to judge for us with the supply of our inn mediate necessities-'Give us this day our daily bread"
 5. A humble. honest confession of sin ands appeal for forgiveness, and a hearty forgiveness of those who have offended us in any way-"Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them that trespass against us.p
 6. An honest desire to turn away from all habits or pleasures that lead us. into temptation, except, of course, when we are called upon to face temp tation in the path of duty-"Lead us not into temptation" If anyone who thinks that prayer has proved failure in his case will test his prayers by this divine standard he will find that he has failed sadly on some points, and very likely on all points.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-21
Sunday Morning Talk
The Trial and Triumph of Prayer

The rfSl ano TFlQmpH or rTayeF'
 There are few people who have not at some period in their lives wished to see the efficacy of prayer tested in some tangible and public manner. Like the Pharisees of old would all like to see some great sign in the heavens or some other startling manifestation to convince us of Gods presence and of His readiness to answer prayer. But the efficacy of prayer cannot be estao- Iished for us by any extraneous evil denee. We must each test it and prave it for ourselves.
 We can each, individually, put pray CT to a spiritual but very tangible test every day. The measure of our indi- yidual trial and triumph will be found in the answers to these questions: does prayer or does it not keep us humble? Does it or does it not keep our minds from evil thoughts and our hearts pure? Does it or does 1t not save us from sin? Does it or does it not draw us nearer to God, and to those about, us. If it does those things, then it is truly triumphant, and such prayer will always call down blessings from Heaven both on him who prays and on thse for whom he prays. Pray CT always triumphs when it Is fairly tried. Most of what is called prayer fails because it is not true prayer Ninety prayers out of every hun dred, at very low estimate, if tested by the standard of prayer given us by Christ would be found to lack all the important elements of prayer.
 What are these clements?
Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-21
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
As to Coercing Ireland.

MT. Editor: Judging by the remarks made by people, wil. seem to De poorly posted on Ireland and Irish affairs, the popular opinion sseeins to be that lre- land left EnglandNiat when the demands were made for trapps, and so it serves his new method of Impression into ef- feet
 My knowledge of Irish participation in the world war goes only from the be- ginning to early in 1916. The British Ex- peditionary Forces, which left for France in the early part of August, 1914, con tained regular battalions of all the Irish regiments, namely Irish Guards, Royal Irish Regiment, Royal Inniskilling Flu siliers, Royal Irish Rifles, Royal Irish F'usiliers, Connaught Rangers, Lewister Reriment Royal Munster Fusiliers, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, Fourth Dragon Guards. Sixth Drsgeons, Fifth Lanciers and Eighth HussaEs. They were the troops which fought 4he battle of Mons An Irish soldier of the 4th Irish Dra- goons, fired the first shot of the B. E. F., when he killed q German officer of the Uhlans. This was on August g, 1914. On the following day the grit of Ireland s fighting men was shown when It. Nj. M J. Dease was killed while holding a canal bridge with 8 machine gun after his men were all killed or wounded His parents received the Victoria Cross for his gallant action. He was the first man of the English service to receive the Y. C. It is interesting here to note that the first Medal of Honor, awarded for bray- cry in our own forces went to Private McGonigal, whose name tells his na- tionality It might also be said that up to the opening of 1916, the Irish had won, in proportion to their population, four Victoria Crosses to England's one.
 The facts you will not read n despatch es as England didn't care to praise the efforts of her Irish allies. For example The papers all printed accounts Jf the Australian troops at Gallipeli and yet, the 10th Irish Division was nearly an- initiated at the landing at Selva Bay and the capture of Chocolate Hill, and the Dublins and hIunsters were met with such opposition that two out of every three fell before they reached the and at the landing at "V'' Beach. TtN work of the other troops was mentioned and the term Colonial troops was mean. to
Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-21
CIRCULATION WEEK ENDING AUG. t4th, 1920
 1O,924
PROMISES TO END AUTocRAoY

For several years We have suffered from an enlarging egotisn that has grown to an autocracy in the White House. Minds that did not run along with his had to give way to President Wilson's super-wisdom and one resig- nation after another followed in the cab met When ambition led Mir. Wilson overseas 1t was the same spirit that took him alone into the peace confer ence with his fourteen points while a large and expensive commission of experts who were supposed to be his advisors sat coooling their heels in the ante-rooms. and Secretary of State Lam sing had to make the humiliating con fession that he knew very little of the negotiations that were carried on. The bludgeon of the presidents obsession for personal government was applied to the senate in the attempt to secure a ratification of the Wilson-mad treaty and league
 Now; it is refreshing to hear Senator Harding, the republican candidate for president, promise an end to autocracy in the White House when he is elected. l. is what the people are looking for and what they will vote for. The con stitutional authority of the senate is 0 be restored to it and not shorn from it. The country will be governed, just as in tended in a democracy. by the wisdom of many minds instead of by the super wisdom of one.
 The nation demands a change and the voters will make that demand eff fective by the ballots they will cast in November. But this they will not do if they vote for Governor Cox, the demo- cratic candidate who affirms that what President Wilson has promised T will perform" League of Nations, Article X and all. The leagde takes precedence over all other issues of the campaign only because its possibilities for evil to Amer ica are so prodigious. If it were who'll ly eliminated the administration of the government at home would yield suf- ficient evidence to decide any citizen S course. The wholesale extravaganza, the appalling inefIiciency, the sectional favoritism as illustrated by southern cotton and sugar the damage done to business by official meddling and expert naent. would be ample to turn the voters bodily against the democratic party.
 The league is not the whole thing. The glaring mistakes at home should not be forgotten.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-21
POLISH SUCCESSES

In the defense of their capital the Poles are showing the spirit of the French at Verdun. With their backs to the wall they have fought in the full spirit of the French slogan, They shall not pass.' While retrea. of the soviet army seems to have assumed much the proportions of rout at numerous points, it would be rash to conclude that the danger to WarSaw has passed. Lenine and Trotzky may still muster hordes of soldiers to throw against Gen eral Piisudkis army. For the present at least heartening successes are attend ing the Polish arms and one great sd- vantage that the Polish army possesses is in it's superior equipment. They are now using airplanes, tanks and big guns, and in all these arms thay are being rapidly strengthened.
 In the matter of transpo.t. too, the advantage is all with the defenders of Warsaw. They are close 70 tileir base from which they draw bo h food and ammunition. while the bolshaviks are forced to rely on a long l:ne of com munications that runs through a desti- ute country. The effect of series of
  tain to be disastrous, not only from the military, but from the civil point of view. The soldiers have been stimulated by the promise of loot and the people have been told that with victory over foreign foes everything would soon be right at home. Such a government aS that of Russia can not afford to fail.
 Nothing could so well please Ameri- cans as to have the bolshevii shown up as disorganized mass of ignorant and degraded fighters under the lash of a few mternationalist gamblers with the ideals of civilization as the stake. The bolsheyist leaders are fighting for their own political lives, and, perhaps, their physical existence as well, and they are seeking in every way to gain capital at home by their adventures outside the borders of Russia.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-21
CANCELLATION AT LEISURE

After two days of conference a strike in the anthracite fields has been set tied by the conciliators of the federal department of labor. The agreement is said to be satisfactory to both miners and operators, which is a pleasing out come of the difficulty. But the strike had been in progress for five weeks with it's waste of time and it's curtailnen+ of coal production at a time when it is SO much needed. If all that was needed for a settlement was two day eonfac- encs, the question is why this measure could not have been taken sooner by the federal board. The suspicion is fostered that the government conciliators are like toe many others at Washington in that they are slow to get moving, hesitatiag about taking a hand in these clasnes. :n- different about the losses to the country while they make up their minis to 60 that for which they were appom.ed
Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-21
FOLLOWING OUR BAD EXAMPLE

It has been the proud boast of Britons that Canada, newer country than the United States with the advantage of British law, was able to get along with out lynch law. Almost every week sees lynching or an attempt to lynch some body somewhere in the great American Republic.
 But that our example should have it's wretched effect on neighbors oyer the Canada border is not matter of won derment to people who think. The Do minion's record came close to being broken this week. at St. Gatharines, On tario. about thirty miles from the New York line. A mob stormed the town jail and set fire to it. The mobsters got the prisoner they were after and strung a rope to hang him with. But he was a former soldier, and after he had pleaded his cause, cdoler spirits pre- vailed and he was returned to police custody. A jail .a ruins is all that re- mains of the incident. What will hap pen later to the rioters We do not knoE, but if they are not adequately. punished, the inauguration of lynch law in Can ada may be predicated on official weak ness.
 We should be sorry to see that. Cana da might well follow our example in some things. This is one on which she should keep as far away from it as pos sibIe.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-21
SERVICE TO BALANCE WAGE

recent declaration by the American Federation of Labor that it will not toI- crate reduction of wages brings up tke question of product in proportion 10 wage The present relation of product to wage is we'll illustrated in tie build ing trades. For instance, tfin bricklay- srs in large cities liu1i5 a days work to 500 bricks for which hey receive the days wage of s1o. Before the war the average days worE was 500 bricks and the average days wage s. Today it costs two cents tc Inv q brick as against one-third cert b4eore the war h other words, the cost of laying bricks has increased in six years 500 per cent. If throughout the bull ling trades and materials the same per cert. os increase obtained. a s4.O00 house would to5ay cost S26,000. There is no such wage value in this product. Thee wou!d not se fuIi value if 1,5oe bricks a day were laid. What is true If the building trades is more or less true in .transpor- tation and in manufacturing of every product. This may be teniei Tut fig ures do not sustain denial In many in- dustrial processes it now takes five men to do work that was formerly done by two men, and in transportation five men to do what three men used to do.
 Costs in transportation and produc- tion have been constantly increasing, gradually bringing prices to where competition abroad will be- impossible and domestic consumption doubtful. Be- tween price and value there is not req 5onahle proportion and wage is the prin- cipal factor in price
 Consider the matter from whatever viewpoint one may, it all comes down t7 this-if labor will not tolerate wage reduction it has to produce more for wage demanded. There is no alterna- tive to this proposition. Capital has not found one. The constituting public will not try to find one, simply delaying purchase until price more nearly rep resents value. This is illustrated by the present experience of a large nanufac- turer of mems shirts. He has been com pened by wage cost to increase the price of shirts from s2.50 and B to $550 and S7 and finds that he cannot sell them at the latter prices. He frankly states that the shirts are not worth tha money, and does not blame men for not buying them st that price. Consequently he
Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-21

include Lreland Brig. Gen. Marshal, commenting the 18th British DiNlsira at the Dardanelies, called the Irialt tke cream of his army. Capt ThoFahiu ef the New Zealand troops said Their land in at Sulva Bay was the greatest thing you will ever read of in books
 From these extracts from letters it can be seen that Ireland did not shiFk her duty just because she refused to allow conscription. as did Australia In the spring of 19tS she had over 1sS 1000 men under arms in service on the ekn- tinent. These were all volunteers md in proportion to population would rep- resent roluateer force of over 4,0ea .0Ae here in AmericS.
 Another thing that is due fer OK planation is De VeIera's visit to AmaTi- ca. In the Revolution over s7 per cent. of Washingtons army were Irish end they did their bit towards making the world safe for democracy by aiding us to throw off Hngland's yoke. He simply asks diplomatic recognition of the Irish republic and not an army to free Ire land. I have heard this great pa triot speak and have been honored by be- ing allowed to shake his hand and I never heard him ask for men to free Ireland. He pointed with pride to the work of the Irish in Americas vars and especially Meagher's Irish Brigade at ChancellorsNille, when Burnside or dered them to take the stone wall and they charged six times anl lost three fourths of their comrades. The esth New York was part of this brigade and as the 165th Infantry they lost 200 oi their 3,oee men in this var.
 I hope have not detracted any glory from other deserving troops as this is not my intention. I merely wish to place a few facts before the public so when the Irish protest against English ep9res sion Gas we did in 1776), their right tc do so will not be questioned.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-21

has undertaken to reduce wage cost by increasing production per capita of em- ployes, and says that if Gha .al to do so, his factories must be closed. Men will wear old shirts, as tilsy.. have 5id clothes before they will pay price so greatly exceeding values that cause them to feel that they have been rob- bed.
 High wages may remain Indefinitely, but they will be the reward of high ef- fciency. This and this only will bring present prices down to the Limitations of consumption at home, and aeet eompet- tive conditions in the foreign. markets thereby preventing purchase abEoad when there is so little sale that reinn- portation at profit is possible. This is as much 3 matter of necessity to labor as it is to capital, especial,y$M labor would retain it's high wage.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-21

her flying for the cleaner and sine is as triumphant when she finishes as though she had invented the machine instead of being merely an innocent by stander.
 Things like box springs, that have no business expecting to be dusted, ay- way, just groan in their cleanliness.
 Shes got washing machine and an ironer and she is so jealous of the wash lady's using them that she hovers around posing the job continually and inabout a minute she will have attained her purpose-the laundFess will get mad and leave and then Imogene can play with the laundry equipment to her little hearts eontent-only if she tries to make me hang out the clothes, TIL" You'll hang 'em out" supplemented the Woodlawn man cheerfully. Say, you oughta see our new electric dish washer"
 "oh, heck p said the Hyde park man fretfully. Pm willing to work pa- tent pencil sharpener, but beyond that my preference is for the simple life, you work your fingers to the bone and let it go at that. You have more time. " Exchange.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-21

The shah of Persia possesses perhaps the most valuable pipe in the world. It is the Persian official pipe, and is smoked only on state occasions. It is set with rubies and diamonds, and is valued at s5ee, coo.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-21
EDITORIAL NOTES

The man on the corner says; Many farmers will soon say goodbye to one of their most profitable crops, the sum mer boarder.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-21

Peevish New York fans ailed the dia- mond with bottles that drove the Bos- ton players to the cover of their dug out This rough stuff is not Included in the rules of the national game
Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-21

Ponzi has had big run in the head line position. Now he is giving his pat rons 9 run for their money.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-21

When the Mexican bandits hear about that bottle of cognac which Villa drank they will probably come in out of the brush and surrender their arms
Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-21

We don't have to vote, do we 9" queried one woman in tones of disrnay when she heard of the action of the Tennessee legislature.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-21

When Babe Ruth's home runs begin to kill off fans as well as break records it is no time for men with weak hearts to attend games where the champion slug ger is to perform